print email comment close A Brief History of Piracy URL: http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_piracy.htm Description: Brief background about pirates, "sea robbers who prey on other ships and rob them of their goods and sometimes capture the ship itself for their own purposes." Describes how piracy began in Ancient Greece, the capabilities of pirate ships, and the punishment for piracy. Also distinguishes pirates from privateers, "lawful pirates who were authorised by their government to attack and pillage ships of enemy nations." From the British Royal Naval Museum Library. Publisher: Royal Naval Museum Extra Keywords authorized LII Database Information: Record 27266 created by Maria Brandt on 11/21/2008 Last modification on 11/24/2008 Published: 11/27/2008   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27266