Around 1630, the French pirate (Buccaneers) was expelled from Hispaniola settled these mountains, rocky island off the north coast of Haiti, eventually attacking the Spanish galleons laden with silver from South America and the silk and spices from China. Henry Morgan, Francis L'Ollonais, and Pierre LeGrand settled here for at least some time. In Pirates of the Caribbean First, this is the city where revelers pirate Jack Sparrow and Will Turner recruit their crew.
2. Port Royal, Jamaica
In Pirates of the Caribbean, Port Royal is where Captain Jack Sparrow in jail before being released by Will Turner. In fact, the 16th century Buccaneers (pirates came from Hispaniola) are encouraged by the British government to settle in the center of this great sailing vessel and attacked through France and Spain. It survived as a hedonistic enclave-pirates-the "Wickedest City on Earth" - until June 1692, when a massive earthquake that sent a large number of cities into the sea, killing thousands of people. "Some think the earthquake response of God to sin," said Marc Nucup from The Mariners' Museum in Virginia.
3. Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
This is only a small ramshackle village with tents and lean-tos made of old sailcloth. But some pirates Golden Age (Golden Age) assess kelasinya operated here for at least some part of the Golden Age-, such as Calico Jack 'Rackham, Anne Bonny and Blackbeard. This is the only republican stronghold of pirates throughout the Caribbean until the British sent Woodes Rogers, himself a former privateer, to drive out the pirates from the Bahamas. In 1725, most are already gone, and the motto of this island to be "Expulsis Piratis-Resituta Commercia" (pirates expelled Commerce Restored).
4. St. Croix
During the Golden Age of Piracy, St. Croix is not claimed, a large island that was left with a protected harbor and a good position in the Triangle Trade-suited to the hideout of pirates who happened to pass by. In January 1717, a British man-of-war shelled pirate John Martel and his crew here, the survivors are left stranded and starving to two other pirate ship arrived and fled with them to Virgin Gorda.
5. Virgin Gorda
With a jagged coastline, the bay itself and a safe harbor, the British Virgin Island is a hideaway for all sorts of bold-faced names, including Blackbeard and William "Captain" Kidd. For several weeks in 1717, "Black Sam" Bellamy and his group set up a temporary camp of pirates in the Spanish city right under your nose deputy governor of Britain.
6. La Blanquilla, Venezuela
Not many deliveries pass within sight of La Blanquilla, just off the coast of Venezuela, making it "a good hiding place for those trying to avoid the authorities out of French Martinique and Barbados," said author Colin Woodard, author of new book about the golden age of piracy, Republic of Pirates. Only a few months after the "Black Sam" Bellamy set up camp here in the 18th century, with his ship Whydah, sank off the coast of Cape Cod, where he finally found in 1984; for the first time, some of their property will search starts national tour in June, 2007.
7. Roatan, Honduras
Surrounded by a reef is narrow and shallow channels that can not be accessed for merchant ships, Roatan became the basis of hundreds of pirates in the 17th century, including the legendary pirate Laurens de Graff and Henry Morgan. From here, they held an attack on Spanish galleons carrying Asian porcelain and silver of Peru. Rumor says that the treasure hunters digging a hidden part of the goods Henry Morgan in the 1960's, and there are many more to be found.
8. St. Kitts
At the end of the 17th century, the French attacked the island with the help of a privateer by the name of William "Captain" Kidd. British Landing when seen from birth, but when viewed from the work of French occupation, Kidd quickly changing, stealing with one of the French ships, by Angus Konstam author of "The History of Pirates." Kidd immediately became a hero when he sailed to the British port of Nevis. Then accused of illegally hijacked, he was sentenced to death and hanged on the River Thames as a warning to potential pirates.
9. Guadeloupe
By Colin Woodard, Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch, who scare the victim with lit candles in his beard and arm yourself with the dentition, shell island on November 28, 1717. Guadeloupe leaving the city in a state of burn (half the city is lost in the fire), he stole the ship French sugar.
10. Cayman Islands
The position of the Cayman Islands right in the middle of transmission line between Mexico and Cuba make the perfect stopover for pirates. Around 1722, one Thomas Anstis pirate ship ran aground on Grand Cayman and he lost dozens of his men to attack British war people who have seen them. The island is still utilize their pirate history with Annual Pirates Week Festival in November.
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