C.R. Pennell in "Who Needs Pirate Heroes?" argues that the first academic historians using properly historical techniques such as archival sources began to examine piracy around the late 19th, early twentieth centuries.
C.R. Pennell in "Who Needs Pirate Heroes?" documents the evolution of Pirate Studies. He argues that the first academic historians using properly historical techniques such as archival sources began to examine piracy around the late 19th, early twentieth centuries.