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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

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A giant squid attacks a boat in a painting.
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Giant Squid Myth

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In 1874, Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland bought a dead giant squid caught by fishermen.
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Rev. Harvey Buys a Giant Squid

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Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.
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Mermen? Sea Monks? Or Giant Squid?

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Pirates divide up the riches they plundered. Most pirates abided by their own codes of conduct, and life aboard pirate ships was more democratic than that on naval ships of the time. Watch a slide show about legendary pirates from the Golden Age of Pirates.
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Pyle's "The Sacking of Panama"

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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read shown in men's clothes
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Ann Bonny and Mary Read

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Blackbeard may have been the most notorious pirate of all. Fierce and ferocious-looking, he stood 6’4” tall and had wild eyes and an explosive temper. To add to the effect, he tucked slow-burning cannon fuses under his hat.
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Portrait of Blackbeard

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Pirate Henry Morgan arrives with his rifle and his crew in Panama City
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Morgan in Panama City

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This is the cover of the book Dampier wrote about his first trip around the world.
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Book Cover for Dampier's Account of his First Trip Around the World

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Blackbeard’s flag showed a skeleton piercing a heart and toasting the devil.
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Blackbeard’s Pirate Flag

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