Piracy
A view into those Wolves of The Sea.....Pirates and Piracy from History.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/privateer
31st Jul 2021 - Privateers were a "legal" form of Piracy, commissioned by a Monarch or Nation, to attack a declared Enemy. The ultimate goal of Privateering was to ha …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/pierre-la-grand
31st Jul 2021 - Many Historians argue the existence of Pierre La Grand. He is said to have been born in Dieppe, France in the early 17th Century. He is thought to hav …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/otway-burns
31st Jul 2021 - Once a (4) Term South Carolina (US) Senator, Otway Burns started his ''respectable'' life out as a Privateer, in service to The US Government during T …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/blkackbeards-brace
31st Jul 2021 - In addition to his fierce reputation, Blackbeard (aka Edward Teach), also invented a useful fighting component that was adopted by many other Pirates. …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/jacquotte-delahaye
31st Jul 2021 - Nicknamed “Back From The Dead, Red” for her ability to seem to survive any armed encounter and as much for her “bright” Red Ha …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/brigand
31st Jul 2021 - As we have seen with the History of Pirates, they are as “old” as Man’s first foray into The Seas. But they were not the only &ldquo …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/yo-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-rum
31st Jul 2021 - The immortal "tag line" of Pirates everywhere, this too has no ring of truth either with "real" Pirates either. Our friend Robert Louis Stevenson in 1 …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/dead-men-tell-no-tales
31st Jul 2021 - NOT Disney's "Captain Barbossa", but Stevenson (again) and his Novel "Treasure Island" - The oft repeated "Pirate Threat" of "Dead Men Tell No Tales", …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/buried-treasure
31st Jul 2021 - We've all seen the image. A group of ruthless Pirates on some long forgotten piece of beach on an equally "out of the way" island, digging a hole to b …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/real-currency
31st Jul 2021 - A popular Spanish Currency first minted in the 14th Century, The Real was positioned above the "Piece of Eight". Minted in Imperial Spain, their quali …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/novgorodian-ushkuniks
31st Jul 2021 - These Medieval Novgorodian Pirates were both early form forms of both “River” and “Land” Pirates and Bandits. They were seen i …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-brethren-of-the-coast
31st Jul 2021 - Historians have long debated the existence of the Pirate Organization which called itself “The Brethren of The Coast”. In later Eras, a su …
