The world is full of mysteries. After the rain, a rainbow appears, and we are enchanted by its beauty stretching across the sky. But how…
An atoll is a ring-shaped island with a lagoon in the middle. The lagoon is the crater of an extinct volcano. Some of the islands…
Preface. The Pirates of the Caribbean have inspired a great deal of writing, including literary works by renowned authors such as Daniel Defoe and Robert…
Piracy dates back to ancient times, when people first started using sails on boats. These sea robbers were known as pirates and criminals. However, in…
In spring 1718, the two-masted Bristol brig ‘Cadogan’, commanded by Captain Skinner, was loading slaves at Port Gambia on the coast of Sierra Leone. Eighteen-year-old…
John Roberts was an assistant captain on the English slave ship ‘The Princess’, which transported slaves from Africa to the Americas. In June 1719, after…
It is widely accepted that pirates are bandits and murderers — the scum of society. Most of them were, and still are, just that. However,…
The colonial wars in the Americas came to an end at the start of the 18th century. The Spanish, French, English and Dutch, who had…
He was born in a coastal town in Scotland in 1645. Like all the other boys in the neighbourhood, he dreamed of becoming a sailor.…
Europeans have valued oriental spices since ancient times. Without pepper, meat would be flavourless and without cloves, wine would turn sour. It was Arab traders…
