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Treasure on the island: Pirate and Smuggling Museum opens By Mike Baird Caller Times July 9, 2006 http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/arti...4832466,00.html Tales of smuggler and pirate peril and their booty have fascinated generations, but the real stuff now is stowed on Padre Island. "Me father was a smuggler of gold wedding rings and bicycle tires," said John Dowling, 62-year-old curator of the new Pirate and Smuggling Museum. "Couldn't get wedding rings in France at the end of WWII," the England native said. "And bicycle tires were in such demand in England after the war that me dad would strap one on each shoulder under his Royal Navy uniform and slip them …
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It has been said that when Capt Morgan sacked Panama City he found no treasure. This is not entirly true. There was one thing he found that was worth is weight in gold. Here's the story: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_4039652 "Not all treasure is gold mate" -Capt Jack Sparrow
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Here is a thought I was wondering. Did pirates, and or sailors have tattoos or piercings? I would say yes due to the fact of visiting strange and new places they might of seen something they liked from a tribe and wanted to do that for themself. What do you think?
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Im hoping to start reenacting soon and I need to get my garb. I've been told by some people that certain clothes can't be worn. This confused me. I was told not to wear a frock coat to a 1600's reenactment because they didn't come out till 1700's. Also sashes went out of style in the 1700's. I was also told there is a big thing about boots, shoes with buckles and bear feet with time periods. I don't want to get my garb and have it all from different time's I'm confused could you help me with this.
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Ahoy all. Here at the Museum, we regularly show off some Sailors' games, knowing their history and how far back they go in the British Navy and merchant service, etc etc. Games such as quoits, Nine Men's Morris, and Hazard. With this Disney film showing off Liar's Dice, I expect it to have a sudden soar in popularity, as well as visitors telling _us_ about it, whenever we're talking about Hazard. A quick search back through a number of text sources indicate that just about everybody seems to be quoting each other in that it is supposedly "centuries old" in the Royal Navy, but no one seems to supply dates or sources. Anyone know how old Liar's Dice [or its variants] a…
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I know that with the geopolitical situation being what it was the the wildly varying national wealths through the fifty years or so of the GAoP it's hard to pin down anything particularly definite but I'm wondering if this table is accurate enough to work as a GENERAL guideline for determining relative values? This is gleamed from a few mainly contradictory websites but is primarily an adaptation of the table found at http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carls...story/coin.html Also, does anyone have anything to add? Once again I'm trying to just come up with a general guide for relative values.
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Greetings, The first pirate shipwreck ever discovered and authenticated was the pirate ship Whydah, Captain Sam Bellamy, which went down in a storm in 1717 off Cape Cod. [see www.whydah.com for more info] The wreck was discovered by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984 and an estimated 200,000 artifacts have been recovered to date in an ongoing archaeological excavation. In lieu of selling artifacts, the Project is considering the sale of artifact replicas as a means of funding its future work. This thread is intended to gauge what artifacts, or artifact categories, are of most interest to potential customers--whether as souvenirs, or for purposes of re-enactme…
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I know I've seen some references to some total hauls and annual amounts of loot taken - and compared to equivalent modern monetary amounts - but can't seem to find them anywhere now. Likely in the books that got waterlogged... Anyone have any of these sources handy? Was asked recently about how much pyrates "earned," either on a general level or for some specific historical figures or ships. Thanks for any help that's forthcoming.
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I am working on the design for my back pice tattoo. I need to do a english to latin translation. Can anyone help????? This is what I want to say -( Son of the sea.) This is what I have so far and I dont know if its corect. Son=Filius Of the=???? Sea=salum I also need to translate ( Liberty or death) for under the tat. Any help would be grate. Thanks.
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Has anyone ever come across a detailed description of how one would have gone about obtaining a Letter of Marque? Thanks, Hector
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I've read many accounts of pirates taking a prize and as a first order, they raid the surgeons quarters for medical equipment and cures. What sort of compounds, tools and misc. equipment were available at this time. I know about mercurial and sulfa drugs but what did they do and what was the procedures for different ailments. I'll limit my inquiry to common shipboard ailments such as syphilis, colds, flu's and the such.
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How about advice on the book "Under a Black Flag"? Is it a good period book?
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I found this article a while back and was baffled by the last illustration. It's an unusual gun-like thing. The project directors may not have asked around to research the matter too much. I have to explain the way the site is made first. It's a Geocities site made with Flash (dumb!), so the text is really a graphic (not searchable). You also have to navigate to the page in question. When you click on the link, choose Artifacts, click the animated arrow at the bottom of the page, and go to the bottom of that second page. What are your thoughts on this thing? http://www.geocities.com/aborgcr/PRoyal/proyal.html
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Arr... Lest ye fergit (er ne'er knew) here be a few terms ye've all pro'lly heard in ev'ryday yusage wot came more properly from nautical origins. I tracked this listin' down as proper spoiles o' th' internet: Over the Barrel - The most common method of punishment aboard ship was flogging. The unfortunate sailor was tied to a grating, a mast or over the barrel of a deck cannon. To Know the Ropes - There was miles and miles of cordage in the rigging of a square rigged ship. The only way of keeping track of and knowing the function of all of these lines was to know where they were located. It took an experienced seaman to know the ropes. Dressing Down - Thin …
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Ahoy folks, I was doing some research for a book I was hoping to write, and a question about what areas the Spanish Main and Caribbean encompassed has me a bit over a barrel. The reserch I have shows that the Spanish Main (in the late 1500's) was located in the area north of South America and south of North America in the Gulf of Mexico region. All of the eastern parts of Latin America and the Yucatan were in this as well. The Caribbean was the area to the Atlantic side of South America over to the southern tip of Florida south down to the Bahamas and back over to the southern border of Brazil. Later in the 1600's, piracy had become so far reaching that all of it was ref…
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Just purchased The Sea Rover's Practice, pirate tactics and techniques, 1630-1730, by Benerson Little. Looks impressive... has any one already read it? Opinions?? Hector
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I wasn't sure if I should post this in Capt. Twill or in Beyond Pyracy..... but decided that cats aboard ship were period, and no matter how bad Pyrates may have been, they still were human, and would give the ships cat a scratch behind the ear..... I can't find exact documintation that Pyrate ships had cats aboard, but common sence would say that they did..... cats kill rats, and rats, distroy the food that a ships crew would want to eat..... I can't remember any bad superstitions (other than black cats ) that would keep cats off a ship.... SO.... I can see where this can get very "light hearted" and go off on funny cat storys..... OK... so what.... even themost har…
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As you can see by the title I am looking for a map. What I am interested in is the location of cities during the GAoP. It does not have to be compleatly correct just close will do. It does not have to be in color either but would be nice. Can anyone out there help me?
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In another thread, hitman asked: The "Seeadler" was originally a British- built, American- owned 1,500 GRT, 250 ft, three- masted bark, the "Pass Of Balmaha". When WWI broke out, she was impounded, outfitted as an auxiliary cruiser with hidden engine and armament and renamed "Seeadler", which indeed translates as Sea Eagle. Here is a brief summary of "Seeadler"'s history. Google for it, and you will find more. It is true that the "Seeadler" ran aground, but the circumstances have been shrouded in a fog mainly initiated by Luckner himself to divert blame from himself and his officers. The ship anchored at the entrance of Mopelia atoll on July 31, 1917. Luckner hims…
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Since I retired from the service I've been growing my hair long. I'm hoping to get it long enough to tie back, and that got me to thinking about hair care and hygiene in the Golden Age of Pyracy. How did seamen (and lubbers) groom themselves? Was washing or soap ever involved or was cleanliness viewed with deep suspicion? Did they use shampoo or in any way attempt to discourage tiny livestock from homesteading their bodies? had dental care advanced beyond toothpicks and (eventually) pliers? Tell me what you know. I'll just sit here and listen. :) ~~Cap'n Bob
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I was watching History International Channel last night a show titled Worst Jobs in the World Urban hosted by Tony Robinson (he'll always be Baldrick in Black Adder to me) testing out the worts jobs in Urban history. One of them was woman fighter. Apparantly these were (early)18th century women who professionaly fought fights barefisted, with swords of varoius types, battle axes, and other type of weapons. Fights were held in the outskirts of London to avoid the law. Fighters could be petite or brawny. And it was stated they fought dirty. It was very shady business The man Robinson talk to said one Irish combatant took a sword slash to the head in round 1. She was …
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If you haven't seen this site yet.... WOW! http://www.thm-online.dk/tidsperioder/peri...ioden1670-1699/ Greg
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Greetings all~ I'm currently working on adding some depth to a piratical persona. The character started out as a priest or vicar in Port Royal and is forced by circumstances to go on the account. Aside from the usual accoutrements of a man of the cloth, what items would mark him as a former man of the cloth? Items he would keep on himself regardless of his current line of work? How does the clothing differ in, say, 1720, from other GAoP clothing? Thanks in advance, MJ
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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci...ack=1&cset=true Cut and paste into your browser if need be.
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The History International Channel (HInt) has this in its programming. Don't know any more about it. Almanac Pirate Weapons. Tune In: Monday, May 22 @ 11:30pm ET/PT Peter Woodward sweeps over the sea in the guise of a 17th-century Caribbean pirate, teaching the Conquest Team the dos and don'ts of close-quarter pirate warfare. As the blaze of cannons announces the attack's start, the team uses terror as its primary weapon, the cutlass and pistol as its second and third. The team learns that in a fast-paced pirate battle in search of booty, bare feet and rags not only instill fear, but also allow for the quickest movement in the fierce storming of a merchant …
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