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When did the first pirates appear?

Piracy, or sea robbery, has existed for several millennia. Even ancient Greek and Roman ships were attacked by pirates in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. The pirates were so powerful that they even formed their own state on the territory of present-day Turkey. In order to defeat them, the Romans had to send a special expedition in 67 BC. e.

The long period of piracy refers to the period between 1300 and 1830. Pirates have found refuge in North African ports in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. They captured European ships in the Mediterranean and robbed them, and sold passengers and sailors into slavery or held them for ransom. Sea robbery in these places did not stop until the French captured Algeria in 1830. Pirates were also called "buccaneers". This name referred to those that operated in the late XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries in the Spanish Main.

Initially, the name "Spanish Maine" denoted the Caribbean coast in Central and South America. And in the time of the buccaneers, this name applied to the entire Caribbean Sea. Buccaneers were usually sailors and fugitives from different countries who gathered on the islands and in the harbors of the West Indies. They hunted wild animals and cured their meat on special devices called "beeches". From them, the buccaneers got their name.

Pirates often buried gold, silver and jewels in the ground. They wanted to keep their treasures secret. To this day, many believe that many pirate treasures can still be found along the coast from Florida to Texas.

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