Kids today think of Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and the rest of the swarthy Disney crew whenever someone mentions pirate movies. Pirates of the Caribbean is a grand man-o-war of a franchise, an easily accessible, enjoyab…

In the late 1500's - early 1600's, the world was filling up with colonies. Pilgrims and voyagers were setting out across the atlantic in search of new land, and possibly gold and spices. Most of these trekkers died, as w…