Brethren of the Coast

A one-word summary of what we do might well be “pirate-hunting”.

Pirates are one of the most popular icons in modern culture, yet novelists and film-makers have greatly distorted who they really were.

Some of us have worked for over twenty years to separate fact from fiction. In so doing, we have learned—yet again—that “truth is stranger than fiction”.

These pages are devoted to some of the things we’ve found out about pirates…

Samuel Bellamy: The Pirate Prince »

The Whydah Galley: A Historical Time-Line »

Gentlemen of Fortune: Short Biographies of Bellamy Crewmen and Associates »

Black Men Under the Black Flag »

Ye Articles of ye Gentlemen of ffortune »

The Lost Chapter »

The Gold of “Billy One-Hand” »

The Track of the Dragon »

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