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buccaneer piracy William Dampier
Sir Francis Drake: Admiral, pirate, and explorer
Morgan, Sir Henry
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buccaneer summary
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Old medieval wooden pirate military war ship with a cannon on the deck pointed out and aiming
Spot the Difference: Pirates, Privateers, Corsairs, and Buccaneers
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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?
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
14 Tough Questions Answered
ripped torn flag, pirate, skull
Are There Laws on the High Seas?
"Pirate Week" Spotlight.
Pirate Week
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
Discover
Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data
How Does Wi-Fi Work?
winter ice melting salt on the ground, pattern as background
Why Does Salt Melt Ice?
Data analysis of the Super Bowl's "winningest" teams, game locations, MVP winners by position, teams with the most game losses. football, sports, infographic
From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
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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Sir Francis Drake: Admiral, pirate, and explorer
Overview of Sir Francis Drake's life.
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buccaneer
French buccaneer L'Olonnais (pseudonym of Jean-David Nau).
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piracy
Learn about pirates throughout history.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski and Patrick O'Neill Riley
William Dampier
William Dampier.
Courtesy of the American Geographical Society
Morgan, Sir Henry
Sir Henry Morgan.
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