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Major Stede Bonnet on a ship, shown in an engraved print
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Major Stede Bonnet

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Engraving of pirate Captain Henry Morgan
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Henry Morgan

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a mermaid illustration on an old map
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A Mermaid's Vanity

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Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
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Captain William Kidd

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

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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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During what is known as the Golden Age of Piracy, pirates reaped great rewards—and, if they were caught, faced terrible punishments. Here are some of the most legendary pirates of that time.
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Dividing Up the Treasure

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Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific illustration of a giant squid.
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First Scientific Illustration of Giant Squid

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A 3D rendering of a man wearing a blue and white fish skin robe, standing on a boat in the ocean.
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3D Render of an Ainu Fisherman in a Fish Skin Robe

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This painting of swarthy buccaneers in the midst of a fierce battle was painted by the prolific American marine painter Frederick J. Waugh, and won the Thomas B. Clarke award in 1910 for the best American figure composition.
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The Buccaneers painting

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

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