Swashbuckling rogues with a disregard for authority surging across the oceans, the smell of salt and gunpowder in their nostrils... looking for treasure on desert islands. Just like Dan, we're sure you've also grown up reading pirate stories and watching adventure films.

But, what if we told you that most of what you know about pirates isn't quite true?

This July, Dan is teaming up with the National Maritime Museum Greenwich to unravel the fact from the fiction and tell you the extraordinary stories of the most formidable pirates in history. From the South China Seas to the Barbary Coast and the Caribbean, he'll be joined by leading experts to chart the rise and fall of Piracy across the 17th - 19th centuries.

New episodes every Monday from 29th June to 21st July.

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Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore.

You can email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.