Pirate
of the Caribbean
Pirate of the Caribbean: a Brief History
of Pyracy...
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Piracy Any robbery or other violent action,
for private ends and without authorization by public authority,
committed on the seas or in the air outside the normal jurisdiction
of any state.
Because piracy has been regarded as an offense
against the law of nations, the public vessels of any state
have been permitted to seize a pirate ship, to bring it into
port, to try the crew (regardless of their nationality or
domicile), and, if found guilty, to punish them and to confiscate
the ship. |
A key point in the definition of piracy: according
to international law, is that the act takes place outside
the normal jurisdiction of a state, without state authority,
and that the intent is private, not political. Thus, although
acts of unlawful warfare, acts of insurgents and revolutionists,
mutiny, and slave trading have been defined as piracy by national
laws of various countries or by special treaties, they are
not, in most cases, piracy by the law of nations.
Pirate of the Caribbean: Thomas Cavendish
repels a native attack
Pirate of the Caribbean: A caravel |
Piracy has occurred in all stages of history.
In the ancient Mediterranean, piracy was often closely related
to maritime commerce, and the Phoenicians appear to have engaged
in both, as did the Greeks, Romans, and Carthaginians. In
the Middle Ages, Vikings from the north and Moors from the
south also engaged in piracy. At the conclusion of European
wars during the Renaissance and after, naval vessels would
be laid up and their crews disbanded. From among these men,
pirates recruited their crews. A common source of piracy,
for instance, was the privateer, a privately owned and armed
ship commissioned by a government to make reprisals, to gain
reparation for specified offenses in time of peace, or to
prey upon the enemy in time of war, with the right of the
officers and crew to share in prize money from captured vessels.
The temptation was great to continue this profitable business
after the war without authorization. During the Elizabethan
wars with Spain in the late 16th century, treasure-laden Spanish
galleons proceeding from Mexico into the Caribbean were a
natural target for privateers, and the line between privateering
and piracy became difficult to draw.
Pirate of the Caribbean. From the 16th to the 18th century,
after the weakening of Turkish rule had resulted in the virtual
independence of the Barbary States of North Africa, piracy
became common in the Mediterranean. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis,
and Tripoli so tolerated or even organized piracy that they
came to be called pirate states. In the early 19th century
they were suppressed by successive actions of American, British,
and French forces.
Pirate of the Caribbean: A map of
Charlestown |
The increased size of merchant vessels, the
improved naval patrolling of most ocean highways, the regular
administration of most islands and land areas of the world,
and the general recognition by governments of piracy as an
international offense resulted in a great decline in piracy
in the 19th and 20th centuries. Piracy has, however, occurred
in the 20th century in the South China Sea, and the practice
of hijacking ships or airplanes has developed into a new form
of piracy. Much of the Piracy in the Caribbean may be related
to drug smuggling. In the South China Seas, much of the piracy
is typical of the piracy that has plagued the oceans since
man first ventured off to sea.
Typically, armed thugs will try to sneak on
board a ship and try and overcome the crew in an attempt to
steal the cargo. Today, the sloop had been replaced by small
motorboats. Often ships are attacked while docked and most
of the crew is away. Typically the pirates of today are armed
with axes and long knives. Occasionally some may have guns.
They tend not to fight hard and prefer to flee if the crew
manages to organize any kind of defense.
During 2004 pirates preying on shipping were
more violent than ever in. In that year Pirates murdered a
total of 30 crew members, compared with 21 in 2003, accroding
to the ICC International Maritime Bureau 2004 Annual report
on piracy.. The number of attacks reported worldwide through
the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in Kuala Lumpur was 325, down
from the 445 recorded in 2003...
Pirate of the Caribbean: The movie 1
I will let you more
soon but also i would like to share this vey nice move with
Johnny Depp, this movie and the new one coming was made close
to Anguilla, in St Nevis.
Pirate of the Caribbean 1 |
Pirate of the Caribbean is a sweeping action-adventure
story set in an era when villainous pirates scavenged the
Caribbean seas. This roller coaster tale teams a young man,
Will Turner, with an unlikely ally in rogue pirate Jack Sparrow.
Together, they must battle a band of the world's most treacherous
pirates, led by the cursed Captain Barbossa, in order to save
Elizabeth, the love of Will's life, as well as recover the
lost treasure that Jack seeks. Against improbable odds, they
race towards a thrilling, climactic confrontation on the mysterious
Isla de Muerta. Clashing their swords in fiece mortal combat,
Will and Jack attempt to recapture The Black Pearl ship, save
the British navy, and relinquish a fortune in forbidden treasure
thereby lifting the curse of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
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