Myths About Pirates

 

 Pirates come and go like a wave crashing into the shore. They lived on three rules which were to attack, steal and vanish back into the ocean to do the same thing over again and because of this, pirates did not pay much attention into writing diaries about themselves or the things they would do. When things are not recorded, people tend to fabricate stories in which would later influence a persons view.    This led many myths to pop up about pirates; walking the plank, women being weak to be pirates, treasures being filled with sliver and golden coins, etc...
Some of these myths first started with a book called "Treasures Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson's and a Disney production film "Pirates of the Caribbean". The novel and the movie had a huge impact on the audience view on pirates. For example, the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" depicted pirates stealing for the poor and living their best lives on sea. Which is why people stereotype pirates on fabricated things.
If we were to go back before this novel and movie was created, pirates come from a very gory background. One myth is about walking the plank, which was fabricated by Robert Louis Stevenson, was anything but true. In reality pirates would torture their victims they have captured. At times the bodies of the victims would be thrown overboard forever lost in the sea or would become a pirates next meal. That is just the surface on how pirates would treat their victims.
Another popular myth about pirates is that women were considered weak to be a pirate. Cheng I Sao, Anny Bonny and  Mary Read are just three out of the many pirate women. 
Last but not least, and not the last myth either, the myth about pirates filling up their treasure chests with silver and gold. They wore almost all of their gold on them and spent most of it on women or other things.   
With all of this being said pirates are completely different than those of  the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the novel " Treasures Island".