There is hardly anyone around the world who does not know of the name Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus has become a household name, even having a holiday in his honor and numerous films and books about his greatest accomplishment: discovering the Americas. However, Columbus' actions after landing in America would horrify the very people who celebrate him. Columbus and his men performed many atrocities that can be considered acts of piracy while conquering the Americas for Spain. When Columbus first arrived in Hispaniola, the indigenous people of the land, the Lucayans, expressed cordial hospitality towards the newcomers of America. The indigenous Americans treated the strangers with respect and kindness. On the other hand, Columbus’s crew acted with intents of malice and greed. Upon arriving in America and seeing that it was already inhabited, they decided that everything the indigenous people owned would be theirs. This decision was just the beginning of Columb...
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Through years of inaccurate portrayals, many false beliefs about pirates have become commonplace. The general public's views about pirates are most greatly influenced by TV shows, movies, and other media, such as the famous movie series, "Pirate of the Caribbean". These inaccurate portrayals of pirates in popular media have created false expectations of what pirates are truly like. Over time, these misunderstandings about pirates have turned into myths: widely held but false beliefs or ideas. The novel "Under the Black Flag", strives to clear misconceptions about pirates and show which popular pirate myths are true, and which are nothing more than myths. During the Golden Age of Piracy, people were suppressed from writing about pirates. However, this suppression caused people's curiosity about pirates to grow even larger, and people began writing anything they could imagine about pirates. One of the most famous and most-believed myths is that pirates ma...
In today's culture, nearly everyone knows of pirates. These infamous robbers, known for their eye patches and fierce love of treasure and gold, have become common characters and themes for TV shows and movies, including "Pirates of the Caribbean". However, in these films and shows, pirates are often depicted in extremely historically inaccurate ways, leading to widespread public misconceptions and judgments about pirates. In most cases, pirates are represented as violent sailors who travel the seas in search of secret buried treasure while robbing other ships they meet on the way. They are shown as bloodthirsty savages who will go as far as murder to get the riches they are searching for. To further this image of pirates as harsh and brutal, they are often depicted as wearing dirty, ragged clothes, carrying multiple swords and knives, missing one or more limbs, and always having a mean, scornful look on their face. Over time, these representations have come together to ...