Because of the success of the Matterhorn’s bobsleds in 1959, the concept of a boat ride through 1700s pirate times started to take shape. The Pirates ride can handle about 2,300 to 2,400 people ...

In 1793, French scientist Joseph Dombey boarded a ship bound for the United States carrying with him a standard kilogram weight. Thanks to pirates, he and the weight never arrived.

Soldiers and civilians who lived and worked in St. Augustine several hundred years ago likely encountered pirates as they went about their daily lives. The late 1600s and early 1700s were the ...

There have been a number of different explanations of the origin of the most famous of the pirates’ flags: the ‘skull and cross bones’, which was first used around the year 1700. In the book Socialism ...

The Justice Department hasn't been shy about going after pirates -- about 30 alleged pirates are incarcerated in the U.S. -- but prosecutors are now adapting piracy laws from the 1700s to snag ...