Famous Pirates | Most Notorious And Despicable In History

As world trade burgeoned in the age of colonial expansion, valuable cargoes were transported across the world's oceans, providing vast opportunity for piracy on the seas. Who were the most famous pirates, and who were the worst? And were there any female pirates? Here are 14 of history's most despicable pirates, who plundered the seas from the ports of the American colonies to the Indian Ocean…

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