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Zach McGowan as the English pirate Charles Vane (d. 1721) in the TV series Black Sails. © 2014 Starz

An early 18th-century engraving showing the hanging of the Barbadian pirate Stede Bonnet in South Carolina in November 1718. (From an edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by D. Defoe/Charles...

Brick Stamp of Legio I Adiutrix. Terra Sigillata-Museum, Rheinzabern.

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Barbadian pirate Captain Stede Bonnet (d. 1718) and his capture off the Carolinas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The Altuna rune stone, showing the fishing trip of Thor when he fights the Midgard Serpent, Jörmungandr, Altuna, Uppland, Sweden.

A map illustrating the routes of the Treasure Fleet (the New Spain and the Terra Firma Fleet) alongside the Spanish Main (the parts of the Spanish Empire on the mainland of the Americas with coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of...

Hopae identification tablets carried by all males over 16 during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). National Museum of Korea, Seoul.

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the English pirate Captain Charles Vane (d. 1721) and the notorious episode when he fired at the ship of the Governor of the Bahamas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris &...

An illustration of the English pirate Charles Vane, active in the Caribbean and off the east coast of North America in the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was tried and hanged in Jamaica in 1720. (From an early edition of A General History of...

Portrait of King Taejong of Joseon (r. 1400-1418), aka Yi Bang-won, the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, by an unknown artist. National Museum of Korea, Seoul.