Episode 6 - The Golden Age of Pirates

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A Long Overdue Return. 

On this episode of In The Weeds we soar with the hawks and dive with the sea monkeys? 

<p>Les pirates sont souvent représentés avec un perroquet sur l'épaule pour plusieurs raisons historiques, culturelles et symboliques.</p><br><p>La représentation populaire des pirates avec des perroquets provient en grande partie de la littérature et des œuvres de fiction. Le ro ... Show More

Embark upon an exciting adventure into learning about some very famous pirates and some fun facts about pirates. Great for summer pirate studies! Don’t forget to check out our Summer Book Collection at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com 

The history of pirates is a thrilling kaleidoscope of adventure, devastation, violence and political intrigue, and never more so than during the 17th and 18th centuries: the golden age of piracy. This saw the rise of some of the most famous pirates of all time, many of them unite ... Show More

The real Pirates of the Caribbean were far more complex—and sometimes more brutal—than the swashbuckling legends in movies. From the late 1600s to the early 1700s, this region was a hotspot for piracy, where sailors turned outlaw raided ships for gold, goods, and freedom. Figures ... Show More

Tout le monde le sait: les pirates sont féroces, aiment les trésors et les perroquets, ont parfois un œil en moins ou une jambe de bois… Et surtout, ce sont des hommes! Tous? Non… Laissez-moi vous raconter l’histoire d’Anne Bonny, femme pirate et embarquez pour une aventure capti ... Show More

Rerun: Anne Bonny and Mary Read - the most notorious women to swashbuckle and plunder in the ‘golden age of piracy’ - were captured near Jamaica by pirate-hunter Jonathan Barnet on 8th November, 1720. Disguised as men for most of their careers, they sailed (and cavorted) with Pir ... Show More

In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you back to Season 2 and Episode #47. Piracy on the high seas has existed for as long as human beings have had boats. For most of history these maritime marauders were almost exclusively men. However, there have also been a handful of not ... Show More