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Enemy of All Mankind by Steven Johnson is a very highly recommended account of Henry Every, the 17th century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular — and wildly inaccurate — reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Johnson argues that Every’s most lasting legacy

Ah, yes, that good 17th-century ole tradition of glamorous, rogue, easily profitable but dangerous seafaring robbery.

VALE – Vale was the temporary home to two very different wax museums this week. On Wednesday, Union Elementary School held their first career-based wax museum. Fifth graders were tasked

LINCOLN — The Blackstone Valley Historical Society, headquartered in Lincoln, is opening its doors to the public for its first program of the year: a presentation by historian Jim Bailey

As world trade burgeoned in the age of colonial expansion, valuable cargoes were transported across the worlds oceans, providing vast opportunity for piracy on the seas. Who were the most famous pirates, and who were the worst? And were there any female pirates? Here are 14 of historys most despicable pirates, who plundered the seas from the ports of the American colonies to the Indian Ocean…

Dr Rebecca Simon answers key questions about an era when bands of buccaneers menaced the high seas

These coin hoards, many discovered by lucky amateurs, contain treasures dating back as far as 1,500 years.

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An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about US$300k when it’s put up for auction in London next month. The silver one shilling coin made

A coin older than America that has ties to New Hampshire could be worth hundreds of thousands in modern dollars when it goes up for auction soon.