Quiz: The golden age of piracy

Quiz: The golden age of piracy

7 March 2017 / 0 Comments
Quiz

Criminals of the sea, desperate sailors or romanticCharacterised by expressions of love; or an idealised way of looking at something; or someone who followed the Romantic artistic movement, that focused on individualism and emotion. heroes? How much do you really know about pirates?

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