Seeking fortune in the Red Sea, Captain Kidd resorts to piracy when legitimate prizes elude him, transitioning from a pirate hunter to a pirate himself.
Blackbeard commands a diverse pirate crew seeking equality and riches on the stolen flagship The Queen Anne's Revenge, striking terror wherever they sail.
Bartholomew Roberts, a formidable pirate, disrupts West Indies trade until the English crown relentlessly pursues and apprehends him at the height of the Golden Age.