Rocks D. Xebec's brutal rejection of a young Loki underscores the enduring menace of his legacy in the One Piece world.

Nearly 20 years ago, a team from the Florida-based company Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME) was searching for the wreckage of an English Navy vessel that sank in the Strait of Gibraltar in 1694 ...

This could be due to the name of Blackbeard's ship, Saber of Xebec. However, a more significant connection between this infamous pirate and a Straw Hat Pirate might be that Blackbeard might also ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack ... American merchant ships were victims of unceasing harassment.

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack ... American merchant ships were victims of unceasing harassment.

known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ransom and subsequently protection money in the form of tribute from the U.S.