Sentence examples for british pirates from inspiring English sources

Used as a hub to transport gold and silver to Spain, it was sacked and burned to the ground by British pirates in 1671.

The most successful crews, like those of the British pirates Edward (Blackbeard) Teach and Bartholomew (Black Bart) Roberts were run in accordance with strict rules, known as the "Pirate's Code".

Happily, this could be counted as research, because the word "cocktail" is supposed to have been coined here, when British pirates discovered that local drinks were served with a bird's tail feather as a stirrer.

Further back still, the British pirates Sir Francis Drake in the 1500's and George Anson in the 1700's used the town's natural harbor as they preyed on rich Spanish ships.

But don't forget that the Spanish were influenced by the Arabs, that the French and the Chinese also came to the island, and that, of course, British pirates roamed the Caribbean.

Ever since British pirates and Spanish colonists argued over the lush land of Belize, the frontier between it and Guatemala has been as squishy as the red-clay hillside paths that traverse this border area.

Well, it is somewhat fictional: The founder of the Mexican wing of the Wolfe family is the 19th-century British pirate Roger Blake Wolfe, who early in the book is executed in Veracruz; Robert Blake, Mr. Blake's own great-great-great-grandfather, was also a British pirate executed in Veracruz.

While Israel scratched its head, visiting British pirate DJ Grant Goddard happened upon one of Haza's new songs and proceeded to set off a remarkable domino effect.

Contemporary bass music may clearly owe its origin to a specific British pirate radio aesthetic, but in the last few years the internet has changed everything.

It's on a par with Cheryl Cole deciding that her next album will be comprised of Northumbrian fishing shanties". While Israel scratched its head, visiting British pirate DJ Grant Goddard happened upon one of Haza's new songs and proceeded to set off a remarkable domino effect.

As rumors spread that the notorious British pirate approached, the governor of the Panama City decided he wouldn't give Morgan the satisfaction of sacking his city, and so he burned it down himself.