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The Republic of Pirates was the base and stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers-turned-pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the Bahamas during the Golden Age of Piracy [1] for about twelve years from 1706 until 1718.
The Golden Age of Piracy lasted for thirty years from 1690 to 1720 and Nassau was at its heart. The era of piracy in the Bahamas began in 1696 when the privateer Henry Every brought his ship the Fancy loaded with loot from plundering Indian Empire trade ships into Nassau harbour.
During the Golden Age of Piracy (1690 to 1725), the Bahamas had the greatest concentration of pirates in the Caribbean. Busy shipping lanes ran between the islands. Surrounding waters were too shallow for man-of-war ships but suited the shallow-draft, more maneuverable craft favored by pirates.
8 kwi 2019 · Learn more about the Bahamas involvement in the pirate era and some of the most notable pirates to come out of the Bahamas.
20 sty 2022 · The real pirates of the Caribbean: your guide to Nassau's pirate republic In the early 18th century, one small, salty, sun-splashed corner of the Bahamas was the epicentre of an organised crime wave that washed across the islands of the Caribbean and along America’s Atlantic coast.
18 lip 2018 · For the Pirates of Nassau, the Golden Age was at its peak around the turn of the 18th century. Read on for true-life tales of the sea’s most fearsome and loot-loving pirates and what brought the Golden Age of pirates in Nassau to its final end.
15 kwi 2017 · Henry Avery, the famous pirate captain whose arrival in Nassau inspired countless stories and legends, before he simply disappeared was in many ways the pirate that started it all. Learn more about the pirate history of The Bahamas.
