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**12ZHeWZa** · 02-03-2010, 05:58 PM

Imp raises a good point. Piracy flourished (ie the Caribbean, the Spanish Main, Captain Morgan, as Tann pointed out) because it often had the backing of various governments. Remove that backing, and add in active and forceful anti-piracy campaigns, and we saw piracy crumble.

02-03-2010, 05:58 PM	#33
12ZHeWZa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Imp raises a good point. Piracy flourished (ie the Caribbean, the Spanish Main, Captain Morgan, as Tann pointed out) because it often had the backing of various governments. Remove that backing, and add in active and forceful anti-piracy campaigns, and we saw piracy crumble.
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