Firstly , in 1684 , Alexander Exquemelin , a FRENCH SURGEON , published Buccaneers of America .
What was Alexander Exquemelin's occupation ?
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Instead of just one level of oars , biremes had 2 .
How many levels of oarsmen did BIremes have ?
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This person was known for his fancy clothes and jackets of silk , velvet , and wool .
What is Black Bart known for ?
100
They decreased the number of oars , but made the oars bigger .
What did the Mediterraneans do to the oars ?
100
The town of Puerto Principe , Cuba .
Which town did Sir Henry Morgan torture and raid first ?
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The NFL team Tampa Bay Buccaneers' logo is a red flag featuring a skull-and-crossbones pattern .
What league are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in ?
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These ships were not suited for merchant ships because they did not have any cargo room .
Why were biremes not suited for merchants ?
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This man was born and known as Edward Teach .
What was Blackbeard's name before he began a life of piracy?
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The smaller version of the galley ship was called the galiot .
What was the smaller version of the galley ship called ?
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Between 1658 and 1660 , Sir Henry Morgan served under Christopher Myngs .
Between which 2 years was Sir Henry Morgan under the command of Sir Christopher Myngs .
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Captain Jack Sparrow is the main character of the film series Pirates of the Caribbean , which has made over 3.7 billion dollars .
Who is Captain Jack Sparrow and how much cash has the film series made ?
300
This method was the preferred method of powering a boat in the 13th century.
What is rowing?
300
This person had home bases located first in Lesbos , Greece , then , Tunis bey port Djerba , and , finally , Dgidgelli (?) , Algeria .
Where were the Barbarossa brothers' home bases throughout their lifetime ?
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This was the most popular vessel for the Mediterranean corsairs from the 14th century through the 19th century.
Through which centuries was the galley/galiot most popular ?
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Sir Henry Morgan died in 1688 of alcohol poisoning , but he remains , to this day , one of the most ruthless , yet successful , buccaneers of all time .
How did Sir Henry Morgan die ?
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Treasure Island is the book that revolutionized the way people think of pirates in fictional lore .
Published in 1883 , which book idealized pirates in fiction ?
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These ships had 10-25 oars on each side .
How many oars did each side of the galley ship have ?
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Long John Silver , a famous fictional pirate , originated in Robert Louis Stevenston's Treasure island .
Which book is Long John Silver from ?
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The galiot's flat deck served as a stable fighting platform .
What did the galiot's flat deck serve as ?
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King Charles II even knighted him before returning to Jamaica in 1674 .
When was Sir Henry Morgan knighted ?
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Since then , the character of Captain Hook has made appearances on films such as Hook and Pan and on TV shows such as Jake and the Neverland Pirates .
Where has Captain Hook made appearances after the animated Disney Peter Pan ?
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In the 8th century BCE , the phoenicians began using a ship known as the bireme .
What century did the phoenicians begin using the bireme ?
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The Sea Peoples were the first people ever known to pirate and raid .
Who were the first people ever to pirate ?
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The galley ships were reminiscent of the Sea Peoples' ships .
Whose ships were the Mediterranean galleys reminiscent of ?
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After he locked up the officers and the governor in a church and blew it up using gunpowder , he tortured the townspeople until they revealed where they hid their gold .
How did he figure out where the treasure of Puerto Bello was?