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Dona Herweck Rice

Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Lori Oczkus

Literacy Consultant

Marcus McArthur, Ph.D

Department of History

Saint Louis University

Based on writing from

TIME For Kids. TIME For Kids and the TIME

For Kids logo are registered trademarks of

TIME Inc. Used under license.

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice , Editor-in-Chief

Lee Aucoin , Creative Director

Jamey Acosta , Senior Editor

Lexa Hoang , Designer

Stephanie Reid , Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo , M.S.Ed., Publisher

Image Credits: cover, p.1 The Bridgeman

Art Library; pp.33, 51 (top) Alamy; p.38

Everett Col/age Fotostock; p.17 (top)

Fine Art Images/age Fotostock; pp.1, 11

(bottom), 12, 2021 (top), 2627 (top), 28,

3031, 3637, 39, 4345, 5253 (bottom),

54, 55 (bottom) The Bridgeman Art Library;

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How to Spot a Pirate ...........

A Pirates Life .................

Captain Kidd ................

Blackbeard ..................

Black Bart ...................

Edward Low .................

Anne Bonny .................

Lady Mary Killigrew ..........

Mrs. Cheng ..................

A Motley Crew ...............

Glossary .....................

Index .......................

Bibliography ................. 62

More to Explore ..............

About the Author .............

Table of Contents

How to Spot

a Pirate

Y ou can easily recognize a pirate by the peg leg,

eye patch, and parrot perched on his shoulder

right? If youre watching a movie, sure. Or reading

a kids book? You bet. But say you are standing on a

Caribbean dock around 1700? Then, no, not

so much.

A pirate was a sailor first. He wore clothes that

any sailor would wear. The difference was that pirate

gangs searched sea and shore to rob whatever they

could find of value.

Todays Pirates

Pirates still exist today. They, rob, kill, and make

people afraid. Today, pirates are most active off

the coasts of Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangladesh, India,

Brazil, and Somalia. Throughout the world, the

cost of piracy (which includes both what is stolen

and the cost to fight piracy) is as much as $12

billion per year!

t What was life as a pirate

really like?

t Who were the fiercest pirates

in the world?

t Why would someone want to

become a pirate?

Risky Business

The pirates goal was to raid ships or coastal towns.

They took cash and gold, but also valuable goods, and

even the ships themselves. This was risky business, but

a pirate could make more money in a single haul than a

sailor did in a lifetime.

Strangely, this goal did not belong to pirates alone.

Sometimes, governments hired sailors as privateers . A

privateers job was to do exactly what pirates did. They

took ships, gold, and goods from foreign ships during war.

Privateers were licensed pirates.

A Pirate Without a Peg?

Its unlikely pirates long ago had peg

legs or eye patches, because it would

be difficult to survive as sailors in

those times with only one leg or eye.

And its not likely that a parrot would

want to sail out to sea to live the hard

and dangerous life that a pirate lived.

The official papers that governments gave

sailors to make them legal pirates, or

privateers, were called letters of marque .

The Jolly Roger

Pirate ships often hung a flag

called the Jolly Roger. The flag

was meant to warn other ships

that the pirates would show

no mercy and had no problem

killing anyone who got in their

way. The hope was that the

attacked ship would give up

easily, without a fight. The name

Jolly Roger probably comes from

the French words joli rouge , or

pretty red, which was likely the

original color of the flag. Later,

the flag was often black with a

skull and crossbones a warning

of death.

A Pirates Life

J udging by the movies, a pirates life was once a

legslapping, backpatting, riproaring, jolly good

time! Who wouldnt want to cruise the high seas with

Captain Jack Sparrow? Who wouldnt want to pillage

and plunder , rifle and loot and drink up, me earties,

yo ho? A pirates life looks like a little mischief mixed

with fun.

Truth or Fiction?

One of the most famous

pirates known today is

Captain Jack Sparrow.

But he isnt a real figure

from history. He is just

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