Pirates Galleons And Treasure Essay

The film Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure gave an informative and general history of pirates. Though there are inaccuracies to the context of certain stories, it effectively defines pirates.

Pirates is someone who “robs from others at sea and who acts beyond the law regardless of nationality.” Ones that are narrated in this film include Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Calico Jack and Blackbeard. Some narrated in this film are privateers “armed private vessel commissioned by a government to cruise against vessels of an enemy.” They are considered to be different to be pirates because of their license. Privateers are seen as legitimate whereas pirates are just heathens and rebels.

The first person that was introduced in this film is, Francis Drake was a privateer from the 15th century raided and

In ships both were crossed dressed as men for social acceptance, Calico Jack was the only other member of the ship that knew their true identity. In 1720, the Jamaican troops took them down, though they were out numbered the women continued fighting while men just surrendered. Bonny and Read were the only strong and dedicated strong warriors of the ship. Prior to Jack’s execution Bonny tells him “If you have fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like a dog.” This shows how powerful and strong willed the women were in the ship. Though their piracy life did not last long, they had a very large impact in history because, they were the first women that showed strength and independence. The last pirate that was mentioned in this film was Blackbeard, also known as Edward Thatcher. Blackbeard is portrayed as a very violent and cruel person, though from historical records this is proven to be false. Blackbeard portrays himself as a devil to intimidate enemy ships, this image worked in his favor. Many enemy ships often give up