The Age of Exploration more than 500 years ago made people discover that the world has changed overnight. The new continent that is twice as large as Europe, the legendary country of gold, the new route that proves that the earth is a circle, and the most profitable triangular trade in history, everyone is trying to find their own foothold in the new world. The Caribbean Sea at the center of the New World also ushered in a golden age of pirates.
It is no accident that the Caribbean Sea became the epicentre of piracy. First and foremost, the Caribbean Sea is a stronghold for exploring new worlds. Since Columbus first discovered the New World in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea, and then successively discovered islands such as Cuba and Haiti, Europe to the Caribbean Sea was the only known route at that time, and the West Indies were the base to start the exploration of the new world, which led to a prosperous trade in the Caribbean, and also provided the basis for the age of piracy.
The islands in the Caribbean still use the name of the West Indies because Columbus, until his death, still believed that what he discovered was the India described by Marco Polo (at that time people did not know the existence of the American continent, according to the earth circle Columbus believed that Going west all the way to India at the same latitude in the east), which is why, according to the habit of the discoverers to name the New World, the American continent was later drawn on a map and identified as the New World, named after Amerigo instead of Columbus.
Second, the Caribbean Sea was the center of the New World. The Caribbean Sea is located in the middle of the Americas. As a rare inland sea in the Americas, it is a must for shipping, whether it is for the slave trade or the mining of Peru's gold mines, providing ample prey for pirates.
