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This research presentation consisted of formation background, process and decline of the Atlantic pirates who had pioneered Golden Age of pirates in the early 18th Century. This presentation summarized the research state based on the fact that there were largely two different views on them, which was found during the study on the pirates. While examining two large distinct points of view whether they had been victims of the colony-seeking nations in a sense or had caused social problems by evoking troubles in marine order, the study was able to shed light on specific culture of pirate groups with anarchic nature. These days, research on pirates in the past tends to be made mainly by depicting them as persons having led marine culture, in contrast to those having sought romanticism as represented by mass media. In tune with people's higher interest in the ocean, research on pirates becomes a key to understand the ocean at the time.