
Pirates are one of those strange historical side notes which somehow became deeply embedded into our popular culture. At least, the Walt Disney version of pirates, not the STD-ridden, horrifically violent world of cabin boys, scurvy, and amputations. Pirates were a common threat and nuisance around the world for centuries, and still are in some areas beyond the protection of navies. But these modern day posers have nothing on the storied pirates of old, the swashbuckling tyrants who carved a name for themselves in Western history through their daring acts of looting, pillaging, and naval guerrilla warfare. This week, the remains of one of these...