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So this is topic for kerchief in sailor use especially in Gaop They are exaggerated in movies but lets take a look of history some "evidence" so to speak: http://jcb.lunaimagi.../what/Artifacts, industry, and human activities/Pirates/where/[Amsterdam];sort:Normalized_date,Creators,Publisher,Title;lc:JCB~1~1,JCBBOOKS~1~1,JCBMAPS~1~1,JCBMAPS~2~2&mi=1&trs=22 Black sailor in 17th century next one is offperiod but it proves that: even that some have claimed that bandanas were impractical (which they are not. the sweat and all and if you are sailor you can make a good knot and kerchief stays firmly on the head) that was from 1807 Next: Avery from Johnson fro…
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We know that period ships had cats and dogs (for killing vermin and perhaps for company) but do we have any records of pirate ships having any? Forget the buccaneer's hunter dogs now but what about ship's dogs? And because of my love of pictures: A ship's cat there. Nothing special really Two dogs. The one with the periwig (Hogarth's satire) might be just captain's pet but the other might be a ship's dog (see how it is waiting to get food that is soon served).
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I'm working on some projects concerning Spain in the Golden Age and I'm looking for any surviving images of Spanish flags for the period. Anything from Navy to Merchant Jacks. I know that the Cross of Burgundy appears on most of them, but I'd like a period example of the style, since the look of the cross is a little different from example to example. I'll also take any examples of Spanish ship pennants and variants of ensigns.
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Here is the inventory of a navigator who died aboard a Slave ship in 1700. Its from the Book "The Forgotten Trade" by Nigel Tattersfield Inventory of Mr John Chapman's goods, deceased. At Sea 9 October 1700 13 Single Brawles 56 coarse callakew sheets 2 Nickanees 1 piece Pentadoes Pte a piece Blue Lyning 11 Sheets 6 small Elephant Teeth marked J:C:A 2 small ditto m'ked J:C:P 8 small ditto m'ked J:C 3 small ditto J:C 1 man Slave m'rked J:C 1 girl ditto m'rked J:C 6 Bars lead Some Brass wrye Clothes (viz): 4 Old Coats, 3 old Jackcoats 1 Waistcoat, 1 pair britches 2 Flanning Sherts, 1 pair flanning Drawers 1 old Broad Cloth coat & Jackcoat 2 old Ha…
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I often imagine pirates as simply sailing the seas, wind in their hair as they scanned the horizon from the foretop, looking for a sail, and just hoping something turned up. And maybe increasing their odds by prowling shipping choke points like the Mona Passage, the Windward Passage, or (at least in the Barbary corsairs' case) the Strait of Gibraltar. But, as Charles Johnson pointed out, scarcity was "no uncommon thing among them." With poverty and starvation very real possibilities, it would help a lot to know in advance where your prey was going to show up. And at least one source suggests that they did. When George Roberts was captured by Ned Low at Cape Verde in …
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Sort of a sub section of 'making fire' and smoking/clay pipes but take a look https://lh5.ggpht.com/gWdUccrMZPxEzJ8y73RaEg72npJeOC4DB10Dw5mvUXFGzTYoYhydq6o4XPqDR4gsdk-uMJLAthRCXBAA2Rv6_0zWwAML=s0 I would post the picture but the stupid board software 'Doesn't allow that sort of image code for this community' ARSE! If you could avert your gaze from the young lady's assets and look at the table you'll see ... stay with me here, the table, look at the table ... there's a slow match for keeping the pipes going.
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Reading Dampier, I noticed that after he and his group split from Sharp's buccaneers and landed in Panama, they had no tents. I guess there were none in the vessel, since their brother buccaneers were otherwise pretty generous, giving them flour, a launch and two canoes, and several days preparation time. Dampier mentions that they built "Hutts" each night for shelter. Anyone know what kind of huts the buccaneers might have built? I imagine we're talking about something like a Boy Scout lean-to, as I can't imagine there being time (or energy after a long march!) to build much more. Are there any pictures? Anyone built one?
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I thought there was a discussion addressing this, but I cannot find it via the search function. If anyone can point me to it, I would be much obliged. So, when off boat and out on foot (Morgan and Dampier, for example) how was fire made? Did the buccaneers carry flint & steel? What about ECW soldiers?
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Okay, so if I don't want to reek of aqua-velva or irish spring when I strut my stuff among the masses... I reckon a pirate might have doused himself with captured "stinkum"--if for no other reason but the novelty Does anyone have any links to sites that provide period perfume/cologne formulations? Thanks in advance... The Corsair
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Ahoy Shipmates! I only drop by the Pyracy.com port occasionally, and one of the things I like to do is see how the state of authentic pirate re-enacting/lving history is doing. Some of you old deck hands are really plugging away at it and its impressive. Some of you new(er) folks, are standing on the shoulders of those that came before and are REALLY doing a top ship-shape job. If I could be so bold, I'd love to have/see a thread in C-Twill for just those pictures of you guys in your "accurate", "authentic", "period correct" or whatever its called these days, pirate kits. I know some of you aren't there yet..... BUT please post pictures of your "in progress" kits t…
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I mean, for the ships caught at sea, they sought refuge in hidden bays, where winds had less power. But what about the hurricanes hitting the islands? There weren't refuges like now... and the houses, except few of them, were built from non-resistant material. Where did they seek shelter from the weather, especially if their poor homes got damaged? I think in churches, these were usually big and made of strong stone. Other ideas, have you read about a hurricane in those times?
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What were common names/naming traditions during the GAOP?
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DAY ONE: Period Papers for the Private and Public use of Privateers. And if you think that's a long title, then you haven't read many period publications. The titles of some broadsheets, pamphlets and decrees are almost half as long as the rest of the document themselves, but long or short, I've decided to share many of the original documents that I've discovered over the years. I will endeavor to post one a day for a year as pdf downloads starting with this most capital one from 1643... "The Capitall Lawes of New-England, as they stand now in force in the Common-Wealth. By the Court, In the Years 1641. 1642. Captiall Lawes, Established within the Jurisdiction of Ma…
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[split from Period hanging methods.] The Golden age, after all, is just a later invented time period. ( since there were pirates in late 1720s too I think best end of gaop is the year 1730). Of course pirate operation decreased because of RN etc. but I think the main reason why post 1724/ 25 pirates are not so known is that GHOP was made in 1724.
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What's the guy called that sits in the crow's nest/ fighting top and looks out, shouting they are seeing the land/ another ship?
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I am assuming that there was a ships biscuit/hard tack kind of thing for our period. I think there is an original from the later 18th Century. Flour- water- salt, round cake with "holes" for breaking in it... Same for GAoP or? There is an interesting thread at the Frontier Folk forum http://frontierfolk.net/ipw-web/bulletin/b...opic.php?t=5974 and here is a biscuit maker that Mike Ameling made Any thoughts? GoF
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I saw mentioned in this forum and maybe somewhere else for reenactors that they should use buckled shoes and no way boots. But boots existed before the Age of Sail, as far as I know (and I have read about various people being described in books). Then... why? I really want to know...
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I was fooling around looking for images for my next article when I came across the Chatham's Chest. I had no idea there actually was a real, physical Chatham's Chest! I thought it was more theoretical and less metal. How about that? For those who have never heard of it, I will regurgitate the description on the National Maritime Museum's website: "The Chatham Chest was established in 1590 by Sir John Hawkins and others to provide pensions for wounded seamen. The fund was supported by compulsory deductions of 6d a month from seamen's wages. The iron chest was ordered in 1625 to hold the money for a mutual benevolent fund for disabled seaman and was deposited with Greenwi…
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not sure if this goes here or in the armory but while i was sitting at my bench at work thinking about pirate things; a random thought came to mind. we know that the Kentucky Longrifle dates back to around 1730 and is a bastardization of sorts of the Pennsylvania rifle brought over from the Germans which is an adaptation of the Jager rifle used for hunting in Germany, so my question is... is it possible that a few of these Jager rifles could have made their way into the hands of privateers and or pirates during early 18th century and on? in my mind i can see the possibility being that it could have been raided from a vessel or if a sailor was from that part of the world …
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So, I have been thinking about putting together a buccaneerings kit, and a spanish kit, and I've noticed some images in Buccaneers of America that show "hanging sleeves" - sleeves that are sort of option, I guess, attached at the top and back of the shoulder but with a wide enough space for you arms to completely miss them. Does anyone have any info of surviving artifacts, or how long this style persisted in Spanish dress?
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Blackbeard’s True Treasure ©2011 Kevin P. Duffus RALEIGH--The whereabouts of the mythical pirate treasure of the notorious Blackbeard has bewitched folks ever since the smoke cleared following the Battle of Ocracoke 292 years ago. Minutes after Blackbeard’s death, Royal Navy sailors began a search for the bearded pirate captain’s ill-gotten gains. They were soon disappointed. They found no treasure chests of gold, silver or jewels. And despite many enticing claims, nor has anyone else found Blackbeard’s lost treasure since that historic November day on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. However, there was a treasure, and it likely survives to this day in eastern No…
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Help out with one of the most serious topics we've ever covered in The Pyrates Way magazine. (reposted everywhere to get the most responses. ========================================= t's time to get all yer piratical input for an article I'm working on for the January issue of ThePyrates Way. The idea comes from an email we received a month ago about the validity of pirate re-enactors. QUESTION ONE: Why aren't you realistic Pirates? To be a real pirate you need to answer YES to at least two of these three questions: 1) Have you ever raped a woman? 2) Have you ever boarded a craft at sea and taken all of their goods? 3) Have you ever killed a man? Can you say you'r…
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so since i posted a comment on the craft site and was repremanded there i will post it here, I really don't understand all this fantasy garb, including non shooting guns, hairbeads/hair ties, tennis shoes with garb, non period pieces of equipment within the wrong circa, ie; tents, shelters, and clothing. we are here and at faires to replicate historical facts that are best known way we know, from ledgers, court documents, journals, paintings, authors/books, college courses, research, arch. /research sites, shipwrecks, antiques, and interviews from descentdants. when re-enacting a time-line (circa) it looks better for the public to see fact than fiction, to give off a …
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Yes, I am crying for help here always when google search doesn't give the expected results. Somebody here always happens to know... Which were the tasks of a rear admiral (chef d'escadre on the French side) in the Age of Sail? Not only in battle, but more the mundane, daily tasks which pin him to his office chair... Thank you in advance!
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This is Tread about one thing that has intrigued me for a long time. THIS IS RATHER SILLY TREAD BUT I CANNOT HELP MYSELF This is tread about the General History’s 1725 woodcuts and 1732 pirate book. Almost all remember famous England and Rackham pictures from 1725 edition…. I have found this long time ago http://www.piratebrethren.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=232 It seems that in that Foxe’s post of 1732 pictures cannot be found anymore but no worry I have saved copies long time ago. ( I hope Foxe don’t mind ) So here are pictures from Foxe's posts I saved them when they were still there and now posted in Rogues Gallery https://pyracy.com/in...ates-from-ghop/ …
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