Pirates | A Blog About History

In search of Australia’s only pirate

March 28th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists in Australia are hunting for evidence of the country’s only pirate: Black Jack Anderson. WA archaeologists, who went to

October 28th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The pirate Blackbeard’s 300-year-old cannon has been raised from the ocean floor off the coast of North Carolina. [Thx Mike!]

June 14th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

For 15 years a wreck off the North Carolina coast has thought to have belonged to the pirate Blackbeard. Now,

May 20th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The anchor from the Queen Anne’s Revenge is set to be recovered from its resting place off the coast of

April 29th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

I came across this cool fact today while surfing on Reddit and was impressed enough that I had to share: Julius

March 1st, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Six cannons belonging to the infamous Henry Morgan have been recovered from a river in Panama. The size and shape

January 13th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The hilt of an ornamental sword has been pulled from Blackbeard’s ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge. After running aground on

October 19th, 2010 | by Sevaan Franks

The 400-year-old remains of a cannon built to defend Canada’s earliest English settlement has been found in Newfoundland. On Sept.