For the sake of keeping the organization of this page as simple as possible, this page is broken down into media formats and then alphabetized by author last name. I'm using MLA format because that's what I know best, but it's slightly modified to include URLS and my own annotations about the source, so I'm not strictly following the most recent version or revision of MLA. I plan to get a footnote hyperlink system set up to link from in-text citations on each page to their full-length citations here, so we'll see how that goes.
Sources Table of Contents
Nonfiction
- Books
- Magazine and Journal Articles
- Websites
- Videos and Podcasts or Audio Files
- Other Formats
Fiction Referenced
- Movies
- TV and Web Series
- Standalone Video Shorts
- Written Fiction
- Videogames and Interactive Digital Entertainment
Sources by Media Format
Nonfiction
Books
- Franzén, Johan, ed. A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the most notorious Pirates vols I & II + research on authorship. Turku, Finland: Lennart Media, 2017.
- Woodard, Colin. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down. Mariner Books, 2008. Paperback edition.
- Yolen, Jane. Sea Queens.
Magazine and Journal Articles
- Bartelme, Tony. "A 22-year-old YouTuber may have solved Anne Bonny pirate mystery 300 years after trial". The Post and Courier [Charleston], 28 Nov 2020, updated 25 Jul 2022. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/a-22-year-old-youtuber-may-have-solved-anne-bonny-pirate-mystery-300-years-after/article_78fc0a2e-2914-11eb-a5f5-03b65f4d281a.html Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
- --. "The true and false stories of Anne Bonny, pirate woman of the Caribbean". The Post and Courier [Charleston], 21 Nov 2018. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/the-true-and-false-stories-of-anne-bonny-pirate-woman-of-the-caribbean/article_e7fc1e2c-101d-11e8-90b7-9fdf20ba62f8.html. Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
- Brooks, Baylus C. "Anne Bonny, Possible Neighbor of the Thaches of Spanish Town, Jamaica?" B.C. Brooks: A Writer's Hiding Place, Blogspot. 20 February 2021. https://bcbrooks.blogspot.com/2021/02/anne-bonny-possible-neighbor-of-thaches.html
- Carlton, Brian. "The US island that speaks Elizabethan English". BBC Travel, 11 March 2025. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english. Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
- Lawler, Andrew. "Three Centuries After His Beheading, a Kinder, Gentler Blackbeard Emerges". Smithsonian Magazine, 13 November 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/three-centuries-after-his-beheading-kinder-gentler-blackbeard-emerges-180970782/
Websites
Videos and Podcasts or Audio Files
- Timberlake, Howard. "The US island that speaks Elizabethan English". BBC Travel, 2019. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english. Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
Other Formats
Fiction Referenced
Movies
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Directed by Gore Verbinksi, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Directed by Gore Verbinski, Second Mate Productions, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, and Walt Disney Pictures, 2006.
- Treasure Island. Directed by Byron Haskin, performances by Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll, Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney British Films, 1950.
- Captain Blood. Directed by Michael Curtiz, performances by Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone, and Guy Kibbee, First National Pictures and Cosmopolitan Productions, 1935.
TV and Web Series
- Jenkins, David, creator. Our Flag Means Death. Dive Productions and HBO Max, 2022.
Standalone Video Shorts
Written Fiction
- Goldman, William. The Sea Kings. (unproduced screenplay) 1st draft, undated (1970s). Joseph E. Levine Presents, Inc. PDF (Google Drive), https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8Ucze-nk_Ow92PLF2pa4QRC9kYYlxK4/view. **Please note, I classify this as a written fictional source both because it was never filmed and because Goldman's screenwriting style is unique and enjoyable in its own right.**
- --. --, 4th draft, August 1995. PDF (Google Drive), https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cMOTADD7HxP1G9zzKyInw4l9wF0q6d6t/view.
- Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island.
Videogames and Interactive Digital Entertainment
