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Since many of us use period paintings as primary resources, I figured these might be helpful, or at the very least cool to see. The artist is Dutch painter, Willem Van de Velde The Elder (1611-1693) who is most known for his paintings of naval battle scenes as well as port scenes and individuals etc. What I always liked about his art is the attention to detail that he adds in, such as figureheads, individual sailors etc. Although I don't think there is any record of him being in the New World, he lived right during the height of privateer/buccaneer activity and the very beginning of the GAOP in the Caribbean and the Main. If anyone wants to add more pics to this post feel…
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Not sure if this has been posted or discussed here before, but saw it come up on another forum and figured there would be interest here... Museum of London http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Collections-online/object.aspx?objectID=object-83031&rows=1&start=2&sort=summaryTitle%20asc
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Hi folks I need some help finding 17th Century slang and words people would use, LW
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I think I found the horse outfit I really like, just about convinced my self to go for it. I was gonna do stick with 1790 colonial Spanish Missouri (I already got most of those toys from years of playin in it)but this is really what I'd like t do with my horse impression. I'd haveta get rid of my other gear to pay for it though . Bo P.S. THAT SHOULD READ [u]18th CENTURY[/u]!! How can I change the heading?
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I am finding a few good books on surgery of the period so I'll post them in this thread as a reference to the people involved in reenacting it. Heres the first. A French book of the surgeons tools and techniques from 1675 called L'Arcenal de Chirurgie (the surgeons arsenal): http://books.google....epage&q&f=false If you are squeamish you may want to stop reading it before you get to the surgery pages. Made me whince and cross my legs a few times. Scary stuff This one has some good pictures of bandages and dressing a leg amputation. Traite des operations de chirurgie 1721: http://books.google....epage&q&f=false This one has reference pictures to the d…
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So I've been asked to do some 1812 stuff this weekend with the Free Men of the Sea. They, like many others, are putting together 1812 kit for the upcoming anniversary events. Jacket, shirt, overalls and shoes I have. My cutlass hilt will change easily. But I need a hat. Any suggestions what is the best hat for a Napoleonic period privateer that can be made in 4 days? Hawkyns
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Exhibit Explores Rise of Pop Culture in 18th-Century London Libraries Life News (Arts and Humanities) Description A new exhibit of rare books at the Boston Public Library (BPL) highlights one of the earliest rises in pop culture in London with pamphlets, broadsides, and rare books telling stories of criminals, ghost, shipwrecks, and pirates. UMass Boston faculty and graduate students worked with BPL rare book curators to organize a first of its kind exhibit, “Crooks, Rogues, and Maids Less Than Virtuous.” __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Additional information at http://www.new…
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Hi I was wondering how clean were they in the 18th Century, I mean they didn't take Baths and Showers as well know it, more like sponge baths. They didn't have Smell Wells and body washes of 21th Century what did they use?, I also know that Medicne of that era was very painful due to the simple fact they couldn't knock out the person operataing on, LW
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Anyone here have an idea what THIS PATCH would have been used for? It's fascinating. From the Natl Maritime Musuem, UK. I'm not suggesting this is pirate related...rather I think it has something to do with death in general....not sure! Thoughts?
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HI I need info a maps of Nassau during the republic of Pirate phase, which is from 1715 to 1718. Are AC IV video game and Black Sails a historical view on the famous pirates of that age?, LW
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Hi in creating a early 18th Century Hard Fantasy world set during the Golden Age of Piracy that's 1720 to 1730 timeframe a Human only world, so I need info on 18th Century Navies, Unforms which Sea going powers started using them? Flint Gunlocks on Cannons when did the Nations started using them? Ship Pilot Wheel's when did each Sea going Nation generally started to use them?, LW
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This thread pertains to GAoP common seaman’s sea chest. While at the Echo’s of the Past Trade Show I had the pleasure of meeting James Kimpel who has a collection of some 15 extant 18th century chest. Further, he has had the opportunity to examine, some times destructively, a number of other period chest and chest remains. Some are landsman’s chest but a few are seaman’s chest. Many have rounded tops, a few are six board, even some with rope grommets for handles. At least one is from very early in the century. I believe this man to be a very good source on the style and construction of common man’s chest for our period. I have an offer to go visit his collection i…
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Interesting, but sadly no specific dates: http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/05/03/the-trade-cards-of-old-london/
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hamps..._auction_in_nh/ LONDON—"Fish for dinner." Not surprising for a sailor, perhaps, but the laconic observations of George Hodge, who went to sea in 1790, have stirred interest in his native land. Hodge's self-illustrated journal, recording an adventurous life as a sailor and a prisoner of the French during the Napoleonic Wars, is being offered at auction Saturday by Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The auctioneer estimates the journal, a rare record of the life of an ordinary sailor, will fetch US$35,000 to US$50,000.
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Ahoy mates.... 199 years ago today, at 4:30 PM, Lord Nelson breathed his last. Raise a glass for the Admiral today... I know I will.
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I am looking to find a library that holds a first edition copy of Captain Johnson's "General History of Pirates." I need to see the text to a first edition for some research I am doing. While there are many copies of the second edition around, I am either looking to find a good print of the 1st edition or find an original held by a library here in the United States that I can go view. As it has been described before, there are large differences between the first and other editions, and I want to seet he first edition. Anyone got any thoughts?
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My brain is having a bit of a problem wrapping itself around this concept. For those of you who are faint of heart, you may not wish to read any further, for I hope to spare you the imagery that the following can conjure. In "Under The Black Flag" by David Cordingly, he mentions that after a pirate had been hanged "It was usual to allow three tides to pass over them before the bodies were taken away." Does "3 tides" refer to 3 days of high tides, or does it refer to the tide washing over the body 3 times in the same day? If it is the former I have issues with it, especially if the body were to be put into a gibbet iron. If it is the later then I can see that this wou…
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G'day - longtime lurker, firsttime poster. Ten thousand pardons if this story has been posted elsewhere, but for general edification: 600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island Jonathan Franklin in Santiago Monday September 26, 2005 The Guardian The archipelago is named after Robinson Crusoe, but perhaps it should have been called Treasure Island. A long quest for booty from the Spanish colonial era appears to be culminating in Chile with the announcement by a group of adventurers that they have found an estimated 600 barrels of gold coins and Incan jewels on the remote Pacific island. "The biggest treasure in history has been located," said Fernando Uribe-Etxever…
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Over the last fortnight I've heard vicious rumours that I have been tying a lantern to a cows bell collar, walking the cow around a haystack that I may lure ships on our reef in order of wrecking. To this I take great offence. This is a Bald Faced Lie! It was a Horse!
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I saw this come up from a while back and thought I would share.
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The pirate captain was elected, but I never read and have been searching for this answer. The other men, such as the quartermaster, boatswain, cook etc. Where they put into "office" by the captain or were they elected by the crew as well?
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Came across this on another forum: In 1672, when he was a young sailor/pilot, his ship got captured, they took everything and the crew was sent in prison in Ostend. They spend 3 days and prison, than are freed and each men is given the equivalent of "15 sol" to pay for their way back to France and the men are left in a very miserable condition: ...je n'avois sur moy qu'un justaucorps sans manches raptassé de pièces de thoille godronnés et une pareille culotte, des vieux bas de deux couleurs et sans pieds, et de misérables souliers qui m'abandonnèrent à la première lieue, et pour bonnet le haut d'un vieux bas attaché avec une ficelle... ...all I had with me was a sleev…
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I know someone here and I think it was Cheeky who was looking into more infor for makeup...I found this site because I was looking to make my own beauty patches. Makeup Anyone else have information..and while on the beauty patch how did they attach it to make it stick. Gee here I am struggling to not be anemic and look so pale and I find it's fashionable...
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I am in the process of making the pirate flag for my group, the Colchester Historical enactment society (C.H.E.S.) (See picture. I remember from my cubscout days that flags were attached to the host line with a loop and a toggle. But for the life of me, I cannot remember if the loop was at the top of the flag, and the toggle was at the bottom. Or is the Toggle at the top, and the loop at the bottom? Can Anyone please help?
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Great coat or frock coat, the name isn't important as we all know what they look like. My question is "Did they have functional pockets or just adornment to make it looks as if they had exterior pockets?" Also, "Did they have small interior pockets or is that a modern convention"?
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