Pirates of the Caribbean 6 is in development and producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that he has spoken to Johnny Depp about reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.This news comes despite the ...

Jack's actions are reminiscent of Samuel's. As it's explained, the Pirates of the Caribbean character refused to transport enslaved people captured by the Wicked Wench, upsetting Cutler Beckett in ...

While Blackbeard has historically been the most nameable pirate to have ever lived, Pirates of the Caribbean’s Captain Jack Sparrow is modern pop culture’s most equivalent. Yes, Johnny Depp ...

Pirate portrayals—from Blackbeard to Captain Kidd—are more fantasy than fact. ... Most pirates did not sail Spanish galleons, or even the frigates such as Captain Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl.

So he enlists his daughter Angelica (Penelope Cruz), an old flame of Jack’s, to seduce him into joining them aboard Blackbeard’s ship, The Queen Anne’s Revenge.

“Captain Kidd used Fox Hill as a reference point when he was in Raritan Bay. It was leveled in the 1800s.” The Blackbeard story as told by Mandeville has less historical backing.

Forget Jack Sparrow and Captain Hook. Piracy is far more fearsome ... coins and cutlasses, as well as the likes of Francis Drake, William Kidd, Blackbeard and Henry Morgan.