The real pirates of the Caribbean and their “complex” relationship with the British crown

From taverns in taverns hundreds of years ago to their recent revival on the big screen with the famous Disney films, pirate legends have fascinated for centuries young and old alike. But the historical reality is also of great interest behind the legends, the causes that led to the peak of piracy and the role that the colonial expansion played in the shaping of this dark but charming 16th and 17th centuries. In the Western world, the period from the 1680s to the 1720s has established itself as the “Golden Age” of Piracy and according to the Royal Museum of Greenwich coincided with the expansion of English, and later the British, colonial activity in the area of ​​Karavi. They could obtain a license that allowed them to intercept enemy ships and disturb trade. However, as the tumor […]
Source: News Beast

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