The carrack was the ship of the day (Public domain)

The German Pirates

Part Viking and part Golden Age of Piracy, they terrorized the medieval North Sea

Piracy has been around since people invented sailing ships. The sea’s remoteness, the vast skill disparities between sailors, and the amount of money that could be found adrift outside of any jurisdiction have led to thousands of years of piracy on the high seas. It is a temptation that lures…