The word “pirate” appeared in Ancient Greece. Words that have a common root with it mean; test, experience; assassination attempt, dangerous enterprise; attack, fight; be tempted. Indeed, the pirate trade attracted fortune-seekers who were ready to undergo difficult trials, attack, engage in battles, and carry out dangerous undertakings. Of course, these people were tempted by the possibility of rich booty. The image of a pirate became firmly established in adventure literature, and then in cinema. The robber sailors, filibusters, privateers, Vikings, Vitaliers, corsairs and other “gentlemen of fortune” (to whom she did not always smile) were sometimes admired, but more often terrible stories were told about them... The next book in the series tells about the most famous sea robbers.