What were pirate codes?

The pirate code grew out of the experience of most pirates in previous naval or merchant service under harsh conditions and even harsher men as commanders, which left an indelible impression and desire to create a more secure and equitable environment aboard ship....

Pirate Code of Conduct

In the second half of the 17th century, buccaneers began operating under a set of rules called the Chasse-Partie, or Charter Party, which for a season even held legal weight in the Jamaican court system. This code of conduct later grew into the Articles of Agreement (pirate's code), which basically explained the standard operating procedures for all pirates involved...
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Mary Read

Mary Read was born in London and was the child of an affair like her friend and fellow pirate Anne Bonny. Mary's mother hid the news from relatives, dressed Mary up as the boy, and so continued to receive money that was given for the son's upbringing.
After tiring of serving as a footboy to a wealthy French woman, she spent time as a cabin boy on a warship before eventually fighting as a dragoon, where she met her future husband during the War of Spanish Succession....
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Pirates in North Carolina, Pirates in South Carolina

The tale of Pirates in the Carolinas is strongly linked to Bath Town to the north and Charles Town to the south. Miles apart on the map and even farther apart in their relationship with the Brethren of the Coast, they tell a contrasting story of love and hate, profit and loss, peace and war.
Founded on the banks of the Ashley and Cooper rivers in the 1600's, Charles Town was a major port city in a state that only rarely had a governor who welcomed pirates or their trade, although it was known that men of that sort mingled with the locals during or after their career....
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Pirate Restaurant, Pirates Restaurants

We have a great list of pirate theme restaurants to help people find a spot for a great meal and piratey atmosphere.

Queen Anne's Revenge Steak and Seafood Restaurant
Address: 160 Fairchild Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29492
Telephone: (843)216-6868 Website

I've eaten there recently, and the food, service, and atmosphere were all excellent. The display of authentic pirate artifacts is truly amazing and not to be missed. From the website: "...the only restaurant of its kind dedicated to the authentic history of piracy along the Carolina."

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'Calico' Jack Rackham

"Calico" Jack Rackham is remembered more for his favorite clothing and his female crewmembers than for his mediocre accomplishments as a pirate. His nickname is for the cheap and brightly colored cotton clothes he was fond of.
One of the first references to him finds him as quartermaster for Charles Vane's operation out of New Providence, Bahamas in 1718. Late that year, Vane fired on a French vessel that he then discovered was a warship. Although he felt discretion and retreat was the better part of valor, his crew disagreed, and the next day he was sent off after Rackham was elected captain.
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Stede Bonnet the Pirate

Interesting Facts-
- known as the 'gentleman pirate' - loved books so much he brought his library on board - Bonnet's escape from prison was while dressed as a woman. -The only known pirate to have bought his flagship outright...

Stede Bonnet was born to a wealthy English family perhaps around the mid-1680's. He grew up well educated and may have served as a major in the King's Guards during the war with Spain before retiring to Barbados as the owner of a sugar plantation.
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Pirate Games, Pirate Flash Games

These pirate games are hand-picked by pirates to be the best free online ones around. We have a pirate treasure game with Legos that is kinda hard but fun. There's also more than one challenging pirate ship game. Any pirate game you pick will be a blast! Don't forget, we also sell pirate costumes and pirate toys. If you don't see what you like here, you can find it at BuyPirateStuff.com.

Old Port Royal, Pirate City

Just south of Cuba on the southern coast of Jamaica, Port Royal was founded by the British, who after gaining control of the island from the Spanish in 1655, began fortifying the settlement next to the deep harbor which eventually would hold as many as 500 ships.
Out of fear of Spanish invasion, buccaneers were drawn away from nearby Tortuga to help discourage attack, and after peace with Spain in 1660, those same buccaneers easily acquired letters of marque to plunder their merchant ships.
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