Fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise are quite familiar with the Black Pearl, the legendary ship "of the seven seas ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise was quite the cinematic attraction throughout the early 2000s. With each installment, fans ...

Capt. Horatio Sinbad, the professional buccaneer who stormed the Beaufort waters in a homemade pirate ship, blasting cannons for delighted tourists, has died aboard his own vessel after a long life of ...

Besides maybe monster-truck driver, Barry Clifford has about the most badass job that exists: He’s a real-life, bona-fide treasure hunter. His 1983 discovery of the Whydah, a pirate ship wrecked off ...

When you decide to board a cruise liner, it's natural to expect smooth sailing, luxury, and relaxation — but in some parts of ...

When most people imagine a pirate, they picture actor Johnny Depp playing the mad but likable swashbuckler Jack Sparrow, captain of the sailing ship the Black Pearl. Depp’s pirate portrayal was ...

While La Crosse, may be nearly 2,000 miles — as the cannonball flies — from the historic pirate stronghold of Port Royal, buccaneer Dan Kellogg and his crew of damned souls were spied Thursday plying ...

When you walk into the Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, which opens today, the first thing you do is watch a short movie, one of those ...

Historian Angus Konstam joins WIRED to answer the internet's swashbuckling questions about pirates and piracy. Where did the stereotypical pirate accent come from? What did pirates do for fun? Why do ...