As far as commonly known, the theme of piracy was always surrounded by romantic mystery. Treasures, old maps blenched in time, bones lied on the desert isles… All that is sure to rouse curiosity. Unfortunately every brutality becomes attractively in due course. Especially it regards the history of piracy. But it is the history of murderous robbery, real, but not imagined atrocities, enough brute, but not romantic desires and vices. We are trying with the help of encyclopedia to shatter the myth about secret adventures, which surround the history of piracy. In order for the atmosphere of the ancient ages to be created more fully, there are over 500 illustrations, ancient plates, pictures, maps of the 17-19 ages represented in our encyclopedia. Devoted to each of 10 basic section are their own expansive slide shows , where you could learn all about the foundation of piracy, flourishing and decline of pirated states, attacks on ships and cities, discoveries and conquests of new territories. With the help of encyclopedia you will learn out-of-the-way items of the information about campaigns of well-known sailors and their piratical raids, "feats" committed by particular persons, bloody rebellions and no less than murderous punitive expeditions against pirates. Furthermore you will find in our encyclopedia glossary contained sea and geographic terms, biographies of the historical persons referred in encyclopedia, and also section devoted to piratical armament, their ships and other things used by pirates.