But death was super rare.” This one’s actually true. The Jolly Roger is the name given to a flag which identifies a pirate ship. It was typically a black flag that featured either a skull and ...

The Jose Gasparilla Pirate Ship sails into Tampa to invade the city ... but it's an unmistakable symbol of Gasparilla.

On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The ...