Even if you spent the past few years in Timbuktu, you’ve probably seen at least one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. And they’re just the latest in a long string of swashbuckling movies. One of my all-time favorites is Captain Blood, with Errol Flynn — nobody buckles swash like he did!

Pirates were a terrifying reality of sea travel. But how much of what we’ve heard is true? Did they really bury their treasure chests? And make prisoners walk the plank? And does Davy Jones really look like that?

Find some myths and truths, at Neatorama: Pirate Lore

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We sail the same waters the pirates did on our British Virgin Islands women’s adventures. Who knows? You may wind up anchored in a cove where Blackbeard hoisted his jolly roger (or a bottle of rum)!