Because of the way pirates are portrayed in the movies or on tv, they are often thought of as colorful characters. In reality pirates were criminals, many of them were vicious and violent and caused fear over the oceans of the world, at the mention of their name. The definition of piracy is an act of violence and robbery at sea. The image of an eye patch wearing, rum drinking guy with a hook hand or a peg leg is a real image of many pirates. Pirates were initially found in the straits of the Mediterranean and the English channel. Their victims were easy to find because they were traveling...