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    Golden Age Of Pirates

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    Republic of Pirates Early in the Golden Age, England encouraged privateering, a kind of legal piracy. Privateering was a licensed operation where the government granted authority to captains to capture Spanish ships. The privateers would loot the ships and share whatever profits gained with the crown or those collecting on behalf of the crown. The Golden Age of Pirates began mostly due to several treaties which ended the British wars with France and Spain. After many years of fighting and competition

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    The Impact of Pirates and of Piracy on the Spanish Empire When the word pirate is mentioned, many people think of ship carrying men across the seas as they pillage other ships. While this is true to some extent there was much more to the lives of the men that were known as pirates. Pirates were mostly men from French, English or Dutch heritage, and were privateers or merchants. Many of these men were sanctioned by their government. By the Spanish they were call piratas or unsanctioned sea-raiders

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    The Big Issue of Piracy

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    Piracy Piracy is a big issue in the gaming industry and is happening all the time and companies are trying their best to get rid of this issue. The problem with trying to get rid of this issue is that there will always be people figuring out loopholes in the defense of piracy. There are some smart people who make a lot of money pirating items such as Movies for making money. There are people who have made millions of dollars using this illegal way to steal what is not theirs. Most of the

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    On any given day, if you were to tune into a news channel or browse the internet, there would be a good chance that a story of corruption would be uncovered. Corruption has been taking place since the beginning of time (literally). Some would say that is customary, and many would even argue that it is inevitable. In the book, ¬Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World, Laurence Cockcroft attempts to identify and educate others on the ethical (or unethical) dilemmas that many

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    technology now being the means of communication it becomes easier to help those who do not have access to certain content be able to experience it that might have not had the chance. When the topic of digital piracy is bought up in conversation it immediately jumps to the conversation that the use of piracy would be the same as stealing a car or a television, and the question always comes up “would you steal a CD or DVD from the store?” with the answer being no. With the actual physical property being stolen

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    to buoyancy. Ships allow for massive amounts of goods to be transported at once, but these slow, cargo laden ships pose an attractive target to thieves. Piracy causes costly disturbances and dangers that lead to billions of dollars in losses because of captured ships, loss of goods, and the ransoming of the crew. Because of the impact of piracy on the profits and safety of maritime transport companies, several measures have been taken to prevent the capturing of vessels or discourage the pirates

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    When watching “Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker”, one certainly does learn something about pirates and their history. However, that does not mean the documentary is particularly useful. In fact, the documentary while mostly accurate still has some small discrepancies and does not provide enough detail for it to be helpful to those actually studying pirates. The documentary is a fun resource for those who want basic facts, but leaves some facts to assumptions and seems to gloss over

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    My Adventure In My Life

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    As I crouch, hardly breathing, in a barrel much too small for me to be in, I wonder how on earth I got into this mess. The ancient ship creaks and rocks as a sinking feeling grows in my stomach. It was a dare by my so-called friends for me to sneak onto the museum attraction on the last day it was in town, simply to “have a little fun” and to see where the museum kept the huge boat. I was all for it – I needed some adventure in my life. Unfortunately, I seem to have stumbled on something a little

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    Long ago in the Dark Sea, Iulius Caesar, the leader of the Roman Galactic Alliance, was sailing his ship with 3 chums. He was known very well on land in which no one could go by not recognizing him, but on the sea, no one knew him. So he always tried to vacation to the Dark matter seas as much as he could. But him going out there this much gave him a higher risk of death for the dark matter in the seas were notorious for killing people who fell in. After a long night’s sleep, Iulius Caesar was up

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    Crucial Confrontation Imagine having someone hate you with all their being. In the book, Billy Bud Sailor, the seemingly lovable Billy Bud, experienced exactly this. Immediately after coming aboard the Bellipotent, a war ship, the young handsome soldier hit it off with all his crew members. That is, all except one. Claggart, the master at arms, held a higher rank than Billy on the ship, however, for some unknown reason he hated Billy, and constantly sought out ways to make his life harder. One day

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