Most pirates were probably not blind in one eye, and eye patches were likely far less common than popular culture suggests.

Pirates in movies often come across as clever rogues with a sense of humor and a knack for adventure. The real figures behind those stories were very different. Many built reputations that relied on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Galveston remains the kind of town where no one will bat an eyelash upon seeing a pirate boy in front of the 1877 tall ship Elissa ...