print email comment close Maritime, Sea & Ships: Pirates URL: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/ships-and-seafarers/pirates Description: Questions and answers about pirates "robber[s] who travel by water. Though most pirates targeted ships, some also launched attacks on coastal towns." Topics include corsairs ("pirates who operated in the Mediterranean Sea between the 15th and 18th centuries"), buccaneers (17th century Caribbean pirates), Blackbeard, and women pirates. From the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. Publisher: National Maritime Museum Extra Keywords Royal Observatory Greenwich LII Database Information: Record 22580 created by Jennifer English on 09/11/2006 Last modification on 06/29/2009 Published: 06/29/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22580