The first major literary work to popularise the subject of pirates was A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious pirates (1724) by Captain Charles Johnson. Vikings, who were also pirates, took on a distinct and separate archetype in popular culture, dating from the Viking revival. The characteristics of pirates in popular culture largely derive from the Golden Age of Piracy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with many examples of pirate fiction being set within this era. Pirates have retained their image through pirate-themed tourist attractions, film, toys, books and plays. They are shown on ships, often wearing eyepatches or peg legs, having a parrot perched on their shoulder, speaking in a West Country accent, and saying phrases like 'Arr, matey' and 'Avast, me hearty'. In these and countless other books, films, and legends, pirates are portrayed as ' swashbucklers' and ' plunderers'. Barrie's children's book Peter Pan, Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, and various adaptations of the Middle Eastern pirate, Sinbad the Sailor.

In English-speaking popular culture, the modern pirate stereotype owes its attributes mostly to the imagined tradition of the 18th century Caribbean pirate sailing off the Spanish Main and to such celebrated 20th century depictions as Captain Hook and his crew in the theatrical and film versions of J. Modern reconstruction of skull alleged to have belonged to 14th century pirate Klaus Störtebeker, leader of the Victual Brothers, who roamed European seas

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