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    Ransom on the High Seas: The case of Piracy in Somalia The pirates in the coast of Somalia came to activity at the start of 2003. The main reason that provoked local Somalis to start attacking foreign cargo ships was the civil war that broke out in 1991. The Somali Civil War leads to an unstable government that lacked on authority, leadership and control to stop the rising attacks between local groups. From there, Somalia went on downhill; its population decreased over two thirds from 1991 to

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    Pirate Informational Essay Piracy is a concept that intrigues us all. Over time we he developed an idea of what piracy is like, such as the elaborate ships at sea, digging for treasure, and walking the plank. However, piracy has a long, rich history. There is much more to it than the romanticized storybook ideas of treasure maps and men with eyepatches and peg legs. To begin with, pirating has a very rich, and long history that traces back to ancient Greek times. With the progression

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    Piracy first and foremost is an attempt to copy or make use of what was not originally produced by the individual without right permission or authorization by the sole owner of this product for profitable means. This is a huge problem in even the most advanced of countries as a lot of individuals don’t see the damage or wrong in taking part in the buying and selling of these movies. As time and age has become more technological so has the art of piracy blossomed because of the easy access to technology

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    English Piracy Definition

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    for piracy to their final destination is the focus of this study. Their contemporaries described them as “Robbers, Opposers, and Violators of all Laws, Humane and Divine.” Many viewed themselves as a more selfish reincarnation of Robin Hood, stealing from wealthy merchants, foreign traders, and abusive captains, and in doing so, threatening

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    covering Australian crews and ships’ and ‘investigate the impact, or potential impact, of piracy on Australian registered and international trading ships including their crews and passengers. A report was released on 22 April 2010. It provided a detailed overview of piracy at the global level and then by region, actions taken by the international community including the despatch of naval forces to counter piracy, and the impact of attacks on the global shipping industry and impacts on Australian shipping

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    Robbery occurs every day, almost every 2 minutes in the United States leaving over 300,000 people victimized. Furthermore, these robberies that take place not only affect the victims by financial loss due to stolen property, but the crime also causes a great impact on the victims according to the FBI Uniform crime Report (2013). Robbery is known as an offenders attempt to take or the taking of things that have value from individuals in public places. In addition, robbery is an action that can be

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    Mandrin's Actions

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    clear sexual undertones. The promiscuity and even homosexuality are mentioned throughout their accounts and are such an inherent part of the pirate image as the Jolly Roger. In fact, “gender and sexuality played primary roles in popular portrayals of piracy and seafaring,” (Eastman, 95), particularly because of the rather detailed descriptions of the actively sexual lives they led and also because of the illustrations with sexual undertones that accompanied such . For instance, in Defoe’s book, there

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    Golden Age Of Piracy

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    Rediker, is a collection of ideas and information about pirates in the Golden Age of Atlantic piracy, between the years 1650 and 1730. This book is a collection of the unprecedented social and cultural history of pirates, mainly at sea, but also before they became pirates, and how piracy affected maritime culture. It delves into the ideas and realities of pirate life and helps further an understanding of piracy during this time. Rediker claims, “The pirates of the 1710s and 1720s were among the greatest

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    There is little record of Blackbeard before his life of piracy in the 18th Century, other than his actual name being Edward Thatch and that he might be from the English port of because his name appeared on a census roll. The first actual historical record of Blackbeard was back in December 1716 when he was Hornigold’s lieutenant, where he was in charge of his own eight-gun, ninety man pirate ship. Blackbeard became a captain in a rather unusual way. In August of 1717, an unfamiliar vessel came into

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    Captain Jack was born in 1697. Jack William was born in England and he explored with Edward Teach or his nickname “Captain Blackbeard” until he died Jack William took over captain. Jack William was now known as “Captain Jack”. Although he was a captain now the crew didn’t really like him. Finally I am a captain now I have so much responsibility. I hope the crew will like me as a captain. Although they loved Captain Blackbeard. Well in 2 hours it will be my first trip as a captain we are sailing

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