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Seagar
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Jasper Seagar is often taken for being the true name of Edward England, but as Grey and others suggest they probably were two different persons. It is easy to understand how they got mixed up as they succeeded each other as captains of the same ship and crew, and at which point Seagar’s name first seems to be mentioned in the history. I have started to list the places and dates where he is mentioned: 1720 Aug 17, Anjouan, Seagar is captain of the Fancy. (Kirby) * 1720 Dec, Seager commands a 38 gun ship at the coast of Malabar. (Fougeray) 1721 Apr 26, La Buse (Le Victorieux) and Seagar (Fancy) takes the Nossa Senhora do Cabo at Saint Denis, Bourbon (Le Mercure) …
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I'm trying to figure what shoes I want for my kit. Do latchet shoes were still in use by common people in early 18th century? Basically I'm trying to have one pair that would be ok for both 17th century (mid to late) and early 18th...Any thoughts?
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Hi I'm still trying to find some authoratative reference works on pirates /pirate activity in the Azores about 1700 to 1750's, can anyone guide me in the direction of something worthwhile to read. I know it wasn't very much used in the GAOP but there must have been something going on. Thanks for any help
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NEW ORLEANS - The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter. Discoveries behind St. Louis Cathedral include a small silver crucifix from the 1770s or 1780s and traces of previously unknown buildings dating back to around the city's founding in 1718. The crucifix might have belonged to Pere Antoine, a Capuchin monk who was rector of the cathedral which dominates Jackson Square, lead archaeologist Shannon Lee Dawdy told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Pere Antoine came to New Orleans under the Spanish Inquisition as the Rev. Antonio de Sedella and lived in a hut behind the cathed…
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Anybody here know how to talk like a pirate in Dutch? For some weird, historically incorrect reason, there's a tutorial on how to talk like a pirate in German (German pirates? They don't even have a shore ), but none 'bout talking in Dutch. It'll be a hemorrhoid for TLAPD for me, as I can't go speak in English all day.
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Check out this copany that sell 18th c, scientific instrument including navagational http://www.etesseract.com/Inventory/Inventoryset.html Right now they are featuring a catalogue of the 18thc. instrument maker Jesse Ramsden. Enjoy!
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Could be oldest found in America By EARL KELLY, Staff Writer Published October 21, 2008 What could be the oldest African religious artifact ever discovered in America has been unearthed on Fleet Street in Annapolis, University of Maryland researchers said yesterday. The artifact, a clay "bundle," is filled with small pieces of metal and was unearthed in May from what had been an Annapolis street gutter three centuries ago. "It is a very important artifact because it is early, because it is African in conceptual origin, and because it is a way of showing that at the point when the city received its (1708) charter, there was a public display of African magic," said Uni…
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Okay, saw the line drawing of the converted grenade launcher used to shoot out grappling hooks in one of the Osprey books, I believe it was... Any one have info/pictures and stats on any originals? Want to get started producing one... Thanks. Hector
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Updated:2007-05-19 07:50:39 Rock Piles Spark American Indian Mystery By Jason Szep Reuters NORTH SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island (May 18) - In a thick forest of maple, willow and oak trees where 17th century European settlers fought hundreds of American Indians, algae-covered stones are arranged in mysterious piles. Wilfred Greene, the 70-year-old chief of the Wampanoag Nation's Seaconke Indian tribe, says the stone mounds are part of a massive Indian burial ground, possibly one of the nation's largest, that went unnoticed until a few years ago. "When I came up here and looked at this, I was overwhelmed," said Greene, a wiry former boxer, standing next to one of at least 1…
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I just wrapped up a book by Richard Leckie called "A Few Acres of Snow." It's a pretty entertaining read about the French and Indian Wars, and I just wondered if anyone here had an opinion of his accuracy. What I mean is, Mr, Leckie lets his personal politics inform the story, at some points quite obviously so. Thos are easy to point out. But what about some of the more subtle points of history? When he speaks with such disdain for William III, for example, how much is history and how much is Catholic bias? Has anyone else read this book, and if so, how does it compare to Vol. II of Francis Parkman's England and France in North America, which I am going to start ne…
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If you have ever seen the sometimes wild and almost always wonderful firearms produced from Turkey eastward you could quite easily be picture them in the hands of a movie pirate but what about real life. Do we have any documentation for the use of easteren style weapons in the GAOP by European pirates?
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To all able to get SC-ETV (PBS) via cable, satellite, or a string of coat hangers going up the main mast: A one-hour documentary on Carolina Pirates airs on Nov. 22nd (Thanksgiving) from 9-10pm. Showing coincides with Blackbeard's death date. Know that this topic was mentioned sometime in Aug/Sept & that SC-ETV aired a teaser on its production. Link to announcement below. (And yes, the 3rd green "bullet" is incorrect. It should be "Ocracoke Inlet" instead of "Beaufort Inlet") Best regards to all, Jim-sib http://www.myetv.org/about_etv/pressroom/r...e_Carolinas.cfm
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My dear hubby was kind enough to give me the Dread Pirate board game for Christmas. One of the playing cards has the following on it: Lore & More: In 1706 Pirate Fitzgerald Bonesteller, a well-muscled, vicious brute, survived the drop from a hangman's gibbet and then chewed through his noose. The gathered townspeople were so terrified at the sight they fled, allowing Bonesteller to escape. So, I put it to the Pub ~ Fact or Fiction?
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The word 'lascar' refers to sailors from East of the Cape of Good Hope, and typically from India or the East Indies. The number of Indians on British ships was so high that this 'problem' was addressed in Acts as early as 1660; there were evidently stipulations that crews of British ships be at least 75% 'British', or something like that, whatever 'British' means. I'll have to read through the Acts in my spare time. This is an interesting insight into staffing practices of the time. It's obvious that loss of crew was a serious issue, likely due to death, desertion, etc. It certainly explains the Navy's insistence on the right of impressment, and their habit of treating t…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/6229320.stm A mass grave believed to contain the bodies of followers of the Quaker religious movement has been uncovered in Cambridgeshire. Environment Agency workers found the rare Quaker burial site while carrying out work for flood defences at St Ives. Sixteen bodies were in the unmarked grave dating back to the late 1600s. Archaeologists described the find as "remarkable and unusual" as it gave an insight into Quaker burial practices just after the movement started. Pipe facet The Society of Friends was still emerging and developing as a religious movement in the last 1600s and now has many millions of members acr…
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I know this is slightly OT but I thought it would be of interest the most to the people who frequent this forum. The 41st California International Antiqurian Book Faire will be held Feb. 15-17 at the Century City Plaza Hotel. Literally hundreds of antiquarian bookdealers from around the world will be there. Many carry maritime history books. Admission is free and while many of us can't afford the books they are fun to look at. There exhibitions and lectures too. I will be working at the Joseph J. Felcone booth. stop by and say hello if you're there. More information can be found here: http://www.sfbookfair.com/ I was wrong admission is not free but very cheap. My…
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I need help in finding any information on a Italian Pirate named Matthew Luke. All, I found was Gosse bio does anyone have any more info on this man and his career? Thanks
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messages/ crew watches etc . . aboard ship were sometimes posted to the mast, later the binnacle for all to see. doe's this practice have an official name?
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Recently finished hand sewing a pair of sailors slops. I altered the Simplicity "Pirate" breeches pattern by adding extra material from the crotch down. The rest was eyeballed (adding waistband, cutout for the ties in back, French fly, etc, from the breeches I have). Not a bad project, took me about 12 hours total over the course of four days. Gotta admit they're more comfortable compared to breeches. Will add a link with pic's tomorrow. Had a pirate party for the nephew today and wouldn't ya know forgot to take pictures (was too busy organizing the backyard treasure hunt). Yours, &c. Mike Pic's added 11 Oct 2005, scroll down to bottom of page- http://w…
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/22deep.html When, more than 70 years ago, William Beebe became the first scientist to descend into the abyss, he described a world of twinkling lights, silvery eels, throbbing jellyfish, living strings as “lovely as the finest lace” and lanky monsters with needlelike teeth. “It was stranger than any imagination could have conceived,” he wrote in “Half Mile Down” (Harcourt Brace, 1934). “I would focus on some one creature and just as its outlines began to be distinct on my retina, some brilliant, animated comet or constellation would rush across the small arc of my submarine heaven and every sense would be distracted, and my eyes…
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