Age of Piracy

The Age of Piracy, also known as the Golden Age of Piracy, was the common designation given to usually several of the outbursts of piracy in the maritime history of the early modern period, which spanned from 1650s to the 1720s.

During the Age of Piracy, Portugese and Spanish sailors went to search for the wondrous delights claimed to be on the Island of the Blessed.