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7:045 Gold: Gold Is Where You Find It, pirate with treasure chest full of gold on beach, ship sails away
Criminality and Famous Outlaws
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Pirate lass and her booty. A suspicious costumed 17th century styled female pirate guards a treasure chest. Trunk full of stolen jewels and gold coins. tricornered hat steal greed
Swashbuckling Sisters: 6 Lady Pirates
Movie still, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. (From L to R) Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, and Johnny Depp. Release date 25 May 2007 (USA)
Ahoy! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!
ripped torn flag, pirate, skull
Are There Laws on the High Seas?
"Pirate Week" Spotlight.
Pirate Week
Portrait of Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, image taken from A General History of the Pyrates, 1725; illustration by B. Cole. (pirates)
Pirates, Privateers, Corsairs, Buccaneers: What’s the Difference?
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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
6 Important Mughal Emperors
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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Also Known As Mark Read
Born c.1695 • England
Buried April 28, 1721 • Jamaica

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Blackbeard
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English pirate
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John Avery
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Zheng Chenggong
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Irish American pirate
Barbarossa
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Ottoman admiral
Zheng Zhilong
Chinese pirate
Bartholomew Roberts
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Rollo
duke of Normandy
Fujiwara Sumitomo
Japanese pirate
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston
Canadian governor-general
Laurie Doherty
English tennis player
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