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Explore the travels and exploits of five real pirates of the Caribbean. Click through the tabs to track the adventures of each pirate overlaid on Spanish ports and pirate strongholds in the area. Zoom into the map to see additional detail. Click headline to access the interactive maps--
Jared Medeiros's curator insight,
February 11, 2015 10:00 PM
This pirate excursion map is so cool and gives a great look at the travels of different pirates. As we get farther away from these time periods, it seems like the idea of these Caribbean pirates are fictional. To hear true historical events about these individual pirates is very interesting. I would love to take a time machine back to Port Royal during these times to experience that madness. 
Brian Wilk's curator insight,
March 28, 2015 9:34 AM
Imagine the horror a native of the Caribbean must have felt when white men came into their scenic lands and pillaged their villages and plundered their treasuries? Blackbeard otherwise known as Edward Teach, would light slow burning cannon fuses and place them in his beard to create an aura about him as he fought and raided these port of call. Calico Jack Rackham, a great pirate name if there ever was one, was best known for having a pair of female pirates aboard. Instantly becomes one of my heroes! Then you have William Parker who was actually an opportunist backed by England who plundered Spanish treasures throughout Central America. Here is my favorite pirate joke; what is a pirate's favorite letter? "R" you say? No, it's the letter "C", pirates love the sea.... |
This interactive map is phenomenal teaching tool that would be great for teaching elementary school children introductory geography,
History of maps
It is notable that the world's map has changed much since the advent of cartography, and many believed that the Americas were part of Asia. This is represented in the map.