As we all know, the land takes up about 29% of Earth’s surface while the ocean occupies the rest. The vast ocean provides pirates with great surviving space. When there were no ironclads or heavy artilleries, there was no effective ways to suppress the pirates’ attacks on merchant ships and civil ships, or effectively stop …
Oceans take up the majority of the earth’s surface while lands only take a small portion of it. Therefore, human does not only explore the oceans, but also utilize them. Pirates emerge with the development of human society.
In the humam society, pirates are a special group of people. They are so distinctive because their life revolves around the ocean and they live in a heartless and cruel way. For the most people living on land, pirates are unknown to them and can only be learned on the television or in the books. …
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