For generations, pirates have captured the public's imagination through literature, theater, and motion pictures that have immortalized their adventurous, romantic, and treacherous exploits. Whether it's children giggling over swarthy Long John Silver and Captain Hook, or men entranced by the swordplay of Captain Blood and the Crimson Pirate, or women swooning over Captain Jack Sparrow, pirates and their audacious seafaring lives continue to fascinate and entertain, and likely will for generations to come.