Research specialist Mark Hall looks at how the popular image of pirates evolved through literature and film (From the Catbird Seat blog: May 24, 2017).

Jennifer Davis explores how legal scholars can investigate the latest additions to our hoard, and many earlier piracy law titles as well, the next time they visit the Law Library (In Custodia Legis blog: September 18, 2015).

Writer-editor Erin Allen inks to selected items form the Library's collection in honor of International "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (Library of Congress blog: September 19, 2013)

Senior Cataloging Specialist Sharrron McKinley highlights selected items from the Performing Arts collections (In the Muse blog: September 19, 2011).

This online exhibition features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. Among these is an early printing of The Buccaneers of America.

Search PPOC using "pirates" or the names of individual pirates (e.g. Anne Bonney, Blackbeard the Pirate, Charles Vane, Stede Bonnet) to find additional prints and other digital images related to the Golden Age of Piracy.

An all-day symposium, "Pirates and Corsairs of the Americas in History and Literature," was sponsored by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division and the Hispanic Division in conjunction with the "Exploring the Early Americas" exhibition. Webcasts of the presentations are available on our site.

This article focusses on one of the most important books about pirates—“The Buccaneers of America,” written by Alexandre Exquemelin in 1678. He served as surgeon for nearly 10 years with various buccaneers and gives an eyewitness account of the daring deeds of French, Dutch and English pirates raiding Spanish ships and colonies in the Caribbean. (Library of Congress Wise Guide: a digital magazine designed to introduce users to the many fascinating, educational, and useful resources available on the Library's Web site).