Digging History 'Pirate ship' hand grenade discovered near 17th-century wreck site By James Rogers Fox News Published January 2, 2019 11:28am EST | Updated January 2, 2019 1:22pm EST Flipboard ...

The rise of the Pirates of the Caribbean The Maravillas was carrying cargo worth over $253 thousand (five million pesos) at that point of time, a substantial figure, according to estimates. This ...

William Kidd was one of the most infamous pirates of the 17th century. In 2015, divers off Madagascar discovered a 110-pound silver ingot believed to be part of his treasure. Although some of the find ...

Wreck-hunters have discovered the remains of a small 17th-century pirate ship, known as a Barbary corsair, in deep water between Spain and Morocco. The wreck is "the first Algiers corsair found in ...

In the early 17th century, many of the pirates in Munster were Englishmen, but there were also Irish, Flemish and "renegade" Dutchmen. The records list one of the pirates as being black.

Updated: Apr 1, 2021 / 08:47 AM CDT WARWICK, R.I. (NEXSTAR) — A handful of 17th-century Arabian silver coins unearthed across New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases.

In addition, the two 17th-century hand grenades, each consisting of a hollow iron shell filled with gunpowder, were found nearby, after being washed ashore from the wreck.

Did you know that in the 17th and 18th centuries, actual pirates cruised the waters off Southern New England? WJAR explored that in a 1998 special, "The Hidden History of Pirates." The program ...

A 17th century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half ...

WARWICK, R.I. (NEXSTAR) — A handful of 17th-century Arabian silver coins unearthed across New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases.

A 17th century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half ...