Author name: Kevin C Smith

Strategy at Sea: How Pirates Really Won Battles in the Caribbean Captain’s Log — Maritime Science & Pirate Life When […]

Pirates and Pi The Hidden Mathematics Behind Life at Sea Captain’s Log — Maritime Science & Pirate Life Every year

The Brutal World Behind the Bilge Rat Series Popular culture has softened piracy. Modern films and stories often portray pirates

The Real-World Locations Behind The Bilge Rat Series: Inside the Brutal Geography of the Golden Age of Piracy The sea

The Bilge Rat Series: A Gritty Historical Pirate Fiction Saga Set in the Golden Age of Piracy There was nothing

Top 10 Real Pirates Who Deserve Their Own Novels We’ve all heard of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Anne Bonny—icons of

Hardtack & Beans: Fun (and Surprisingly Important) Facts About Pirates and Beans When people imagine pirate food, they often picture

Reading the Sky: How Pirates Foretold the Weather on the Open Sea Captain’s Log — Maritime Knowledge & Pirate Life

Winged Watchmen of the Sea: The Role of Birds in Pirate Life To a pirate at sea, birds were never

A Historical Look at Life at Sea When the Year Turned Cold When we imagine pirates, we often picture tropical