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While piracy has existed in most places across history, the Golden Age of Piracy refers specifically to a period between the 1650s and the 1720s, when global circumnavigation, the discovery of the New World, and increasingly wealthy international trade across largely lawless, unpatrolled seas ushered in a period of unprecedented opportunity for pirates. | While [[piracy]] has existed in most places across history, the [[Golden Age of Piracy]] refers specifically to a period between the 1650s and the 1720s, when [[Earth|global]] circumnavigation, the discovery of the [[Americas|New World]], and increasingly wealthy international trade across largely lawless, unpatrolled seas ushered in a period of unprecedented opportunity for pirates. | ||
The harsh conditions aboard most colonial | The harsh conditions aboard most colonial [[ship]]s—where common sailors were badly paid, and often {{Wiki|Impressment|press-ganged}}, {{Wiki|Indentured servitude|indentured}}, or convicts—could lead to mutinies with entire crews turning outlaw. In many cases, piracy was not only the natural but the only choice for these crews to survive. | ||
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While piracy has existed in most places across history, the Golden Age of Piracy refers specifically to a period between the 1650s and the 1720s, when global circumnavigation, the discovery of the New World, and increasingly wealthy international trade across largely lawless, unpatrolled seas ushered in a period of unprecedented opportunity for pirates.
The harsh conditions aboard most colonial ships—where common sailors were badly paid, and often press-ganged, indentured, or convicts—could lead to mutinies with entire crews turning outlaw. In many cases, piracy was not only the natural but the only choice for these crews to survive.