Ten Notorious French Pirates
Piracy has involved many nationalities over the centuries, but one of the prominent groups in the medieval and early modern periods was the French pirates, who terrorised the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean. French writers often preferred to use the term filibuster (filibustier) and corsair (corsaire) for pirates who operated as privateers, and here are presented ten such figures who have made their mark in the annals of crimes at sea.