User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 10-07-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag pirate gameplay naval exploration/@comment-5174994-20130712222414/@comment-4975789-20130712223051

It would certainly by an intriguing plot point, and I could imagine Ubi putting it in, as a way of showing how sometimes pirates were left on desert islands.