Back from the past: The pirates return
By Purnika
You might think that pirates are long gone but they are not. The pirates have returned to modern days. In the 16th and 17th centuries they often hung pirates for nothing. Sometimes they even sent to the gallows people who were mistaken for pirates but were not. It was the law in some nations that
Piracy started to develop as soon as vessels which could sail on the open seas were built, especially ones that could sail at a distance from shore. Pirates might have been poor men but they were also smart, as shown by the fictional character Jack Sparrow who seems to have been modelled on some of the most famous pirates in history. Their heyday were in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Here there were often battles between the English and the Spanish, who were bought after the gold and silver brought by slaves from the new world.
Today there are indications that piracy is on the increase in some parts of the world!
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