10 Myths And Facts About Pirates: Fact Or Fiction?

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Pirates have been around for a very long time. However, pirate stories have been highly romanticized and have turned more into a fantasy and less into a reality. Three topics that are very significant about pirates is the reality and history of them, how they are romanticized in novels like Treasure Island, and how they are in reality now vs.how people think they are due to romanticized stories. To begin with, pirates and piracy has dated all the way back to Pharo Echnaton which was on a clay tablet in the year of 1305 BC.There have been many stories of piracy in places like Athens, and other parts of Greece according to Pirate History by Krzysztof Wilzynski. Piracy became for known and popular in XVI century where technology and other things like building ships were more advanced. Piracy was still very popular till about the 18th or 19th century …show more content…

There are many truth vs. reality when it comes to piracy and pirates. For instance, a lot of people/authors have other people believing that pirates were only male. To illustrate this, in 10 Myths and Facts about Pirates by The Nassau Pirate Museum it states that “Famous female pirates include Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Grace O’ Malley, and Ching shih” this information shows that most novels do not talk about females they only romanticize men as pirates. Also, in novels and other things about pirates/piracy you would believe they bury their treasure which is highly romanticized but is not necessarily always true. A lot of things put in novels about piracy is not always realistic so it changes how people think of pirates. In conclusion, the reality of pirates, how Treasure Island makes pirates seem, and how the reality vs. the truth is very different all makes up piracy. Even though most people think of pirates the stereotypical romanticized version, the reality is much different than how it's thought to

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