10 Most Famous Pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy

The Golden Age of Piracy was an era in the 17th and 18th centuries when maritime piracy was at an all-time high in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and West Africa. More than 5,000 pirates at sea is a terrible notion for everyone involved in maritime tourism!Whether you were a trader relying on a shipment or a tourist embarking on a long voyage, the notion of pirates jumping aboard, stealing, and killing people was always in the back of your mind if you lived during the Golden Age of Piracy. All of this is not to suggest that piracy is an entirely new phenomenon. People have traditionally plundered those who deliver goods by boat.