Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion

Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion (2006) is the fourth book in the Ologies series, created and published by The Templar Publishing Company in the UK, and published by Candlewick Press in North America.

This book is composed of what remains of that left behind by the fictional privateer Captain William Lubber. His journal tells of the chase of the notorious female pirate Arabella Drummond across the seven seas. Included in the book is a replica of a treasure map, leading to Arabella Drummond's buried treasure.

The author is Dugald Steer, while the book was designed by Nghiem Ta, and features the artwork of Ian Andrew, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Helen Ward, G. Hunt, R. Sella and Carole Thomann.

Daily accounts in journal

 * September 13, 1723: Boston, Massachusetts
 * October 2, 1723: Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina
 * October 25, 1723: Off Tortuga
 * November 5, 1723: Port Royal, Jamaica
 * March 20, 1724: Juan Fernández Island
 * June 27, 1724: Isla del Coco, near Panama
 * December 17, 1724: Off Canton, China
 * January 8, 1725: Krakatoa, Sunda Strait
 * May 22, 1725: Madagascar
 * March 5, 1726: Malta
 * May 31, 1726: Oak Island, Nova Scotia
 * June 1, 1726: Grand Banks, Newfoundland

Awards and honors

 * 2007: Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards

Video games
In October 2007, Codemasters announced a licensing agreement to create video games for the Wii and Nintendo DS based on Pirateology, as well as Dragonology and Wizardology. Nik Nak was to develop the Wii titles.

Planned film adaptations
On January 31, 2018, Paramount Pictures announced they were in the process of developing a film franchise centered around all of the Ologies books, by setting up a writers' room currently consisting of Jeff Pinkner, Michael Chabon, Lindsey Beer, Joe Robert Cole, Nicole Perlman and Christina Hodson. The vision for the franchise is the hope that each of the writers will embrace the books by working with visual artists to create treatments which will eventually evolve into seven movie scripts with interconnected stories. Paramount also announced that Akiva Goldsman will act as overseer and producer of the franchise.