"The Three Pirates"

In this essay I will describe and compare and contrast three different types of pirates. The mooncussers, link-boys and the buccaneers. These pirates were all famous in tghe seventeen hundreds as well as the eighteen hundreds. They all have something in common and I will find out what that is. The three pirates I learned of from the book are similar an different.
The first pirates are the mooncussers. When the moonlight was not out and it was a pitch black night the mooncusers would go on a shore or sea bank with lamps to guide lost ships into docks. Unfortunately for the sailors as soon as they came close to the sharp rocks the mooncussers would take off the lamp and the sailors would crash. Afterward they would raid the crashed ships and take anything valuable. They were more like land pirates and mass murderers to me.
The second pirates were link-boys. They were just more like thieves rather than a pirate. But by the definition they are a pirate. They did their evil plots at night. They would go lokking for lost citizens or tourists and when they found some the link-boys would ensure them of a safe way home and directions. When they were on their way the link-boys took them to a passage way where they had a few pf their friends waiting in the bushes ready to rob them. They would be robbed but not killed. When there were no people outside that were lost flung an oath at the moon just as when there were no ships to raid the mooncussers would curse at the moon.
The third pirates were buccaneers. They were mainly sea pirates and very popular. Everyone knew the buccaneer BlackBeard but now people know of a far more greater pirate, Flint. The buccaneers traveled the seas boarding the ships of other pirates and stealing their loot. They would fight eachother and often many people were killed. The buccaneers would also kill fishermen and take their fish as food. These pirates were very vicious, mean, bloodthirsty and very skilled.
I think that these pirates were common criminals because surely they were not romantic figures. Also they were very famous and common during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. But of course they were very dangerous criminals. The buccaneers and mooncussers are similar because they both kill people. Buccaneers would kill fellow pirates and fishermen. The mooncussers would crash the sailors ships and kill them. They both kill people. The link-boys would just rob people but not kill them.
In conclusion These are the three main pirates of the early centuries. They were all vicious and dangerous. We have pirates nowadays but they cannot compare to the three types of pirates I wrote about. Above all the three types of pirates are all similar in one way. They do what they do for money or back then the loot or gold.