In 1808, the Chinese Qing government, overwhelmed by pirates in the South China Sea, decided the time had come to take out the worst of them all. The Red Flag Fleet, under the command of the ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century. The map ...

Hockey will always be Canada’s game. There’s no denying its popularity over sports like baseball, which the country also has ...

He called for privateers—that is, pirates operating with the approval of a government—to aid a war effort against France and Spain. The murky, oft-mythologized history of piracy is brought ...