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The Image of the Ordinary Seaman in the 18th Century
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does anyone know if she had a flag of her own? i've searched the net for it and i've found nothing. any help would be great. thank you!
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Last weekend saw the launch of the Bonaventure skiff at the South West Pirate Festival at Morwellham, Devon. The skiff is 20' long and has a crew of 2-9. At present her motive power is provided by four oars but by the end of the year I hope to have added a main- and fore-sail, and possibly more oars. The skiff represents nearly 5 years of research and 1 year of building. At SWPF 2005 her crew behaved well and Bonaventure can now claim to be the only post-dark age UK re-enactment group to own and operate a waterborne vessel. We can also claim to be the first group to have properly re-enacted a boat-to-ship boarding action (we were the first to orchestrate a ship-to-ship …
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Greetins to ye! I've just gotten word that I may go ahead and post about the Boarding Actions Class at ISMAC this year! Held aboard the Michigan Princess riverboat, the class will take what the students learned in the Sabre, cutlass and hawk/knife class and learn how to put them to practical mixed-weapon use in a simulation of 17-18th century boarding actions. For more info, ye can hit Art of Combat's website (www.artofcombat.org) and click on Upcoming events and Special Events. The cutlass, sabre and hawk classes were such a huge hit last year that instructors Steve Huff, John Lennox and Gareth Thomas had to come up with something more grand this year. See you the…
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Richard Zacks, the author of The Pirate Hunter: the True Story of Captain Kidd, has a new book out, one that I personally will be checking out. It is titled The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805. Its about how the US went to "war" against the Barbary Pirates on the "Shores of Tripoli". I received a copy today, and will let you all know more about it soon!
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I thought that these were pretty neat! They are not period, but probably one of the best renditions of period sailors using Admiralty Slops contract clothing GoF
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Greetings, Though not strictly related to matters of pirate scholarship, I will be grateful if the moderators would allow this to go through. As the result of an "event" over the weekend, the entire contents of the hard-drive to my computer--including my address book--is gone. For those on this forum with whom I correspond--I'm not ignoring you. I'm in damage mitigation mode and will be for some time. Regards, The Corsair "...a lesson to be learned..."
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Why? Why not? I've just created a new mail list... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pirate_reenact/ Dedicated to those interested in re-enacting the "golden age of piracy." Not that my piratebrethren list wasn't already doing that... but I really thought the two should be separated...
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ralia_endeavour SYDNEY, Australia - A replica of the ship that British explorer James Cook sailed when he discovered Australia more than 200 years ago got stuck on a sandbar off Sydney on Sunday, five months after leaving Britain to retrace the historic voyage. AP Photo The tall ship Endeavour was stuck for four hours in Botany Bay near a monument commemorating Cook's visit to the port on April 29, 1770. Cook was a lieutenant in Britain's Royal Navy at the time. Rod Kemp, Australia's arts and sport minister, who spent the day on board, said it was fitting that the crew enjoyed a perfect viewing of the landing place of Po…
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I recently came across this telling quote while researching Blackbeard. During Blackbeard's final minutes in the fighting with the Royal Navy men on Maynard's sloop, the second Navy sloop, The Ranger, closed with Blackbeard's sloop and boarded it to clear out the remnants of his crew. It was here that one of the Ranger's crew was shot by another member of the Royal Navy, This was by Capt. George Gordon (in command of the Ranger during the engagement) in a letter he wrote dated Sept. 14th, 1721 to the Lords of Admiralty. This is pretty clear evidence that pirates of the time looked no different than any other seaman, be they Royal Navy or otherwise.
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This one is interesting... but I assume that it may be from a later version of GHoP?
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well i am wondering when the rating of master at arms originated, i know that it originally was the gunner or a crew member who was incharge of maintaing weapons, but when did ity become like a lawman at sea? and was there any on board merchant or pirate ships?
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Does anyone know when iron banding on barrels started? Or more specifically, are barrels made by the ships cooper iron bound or wooden bound for 1690-1720? Anyone? GoF
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Laurens de Graff, Laurent de Graff, Lorenzo, Lorencillo, de Graf, de Graft, or de Griffe...whatever you want to call him, I'm intrigued by this pirate of a thousand names, and I would like to know as much about him as possible. The only information I have on him is from the book, The Lost Fleet ~ by Barry Clifford, and I'm not sure how respected that information is. All I can find on-line is are bits and pieces that are already covered in the aforementioned book. Outside of what is in The Lost Fleet, is there any other GOOD source information about this man and his piratical career? He seems to be an amazing person and pirate, and I'd like to know all there is about …
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Greetings, In the GHP, there's a chapter on a pirate named "Christopher Condent" In researching his activities from primary sources I've found corroboration for many of his activities as related in the GHP. But one thing I have not found corrorboration for is, oddly enough, his name. "Christopher Condent" appears to be used only in the GHP. In other sources the last name is given as Condon, Congden, Condell, etc. while his first name is given as William, John, or Edmond. Has anyone seen a primary source I might have missed where he is referred to as "Christopher Condent"? Thanks! The Corsair www.whydah.com
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In The Buccaneer Project I wrote: To which Belladonna Bess replied; So I thought that rather than sidetracking Patrick's thread the topic probably deserved one of its own. Yes Bess, I do have further information, what particularly were you after? Would this quote from the 17th century Monson be good to go on with? *ie, he cleaned the crap off the side of the ship below the heads. I have a reference somewhere to the liar on a late 17th century ship, but I can't lay my hands on it immediately. In the later refenence it was suggested that the liar might also be proclaimed as the first person who swore on a Monday. I just get this image of all the seamen going arou…
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I rather enjoyed the Dissecting threads so I hope nobody minds me starting another. I though rather than look at one picutre specifically it might be good to look at a group of pictures with a common theme for comparison. Since I have a handful to hand I thought British Seamen of the 1730s might be a good start. Here's two to start us off, I'll add more in as we go on. The British Sailor's Loyal Toast, 1738. Detail from a sketch of Plymouth Harbour, 1735.
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Sorry - I didn't want to dig up the thread(s) where black dye was discussed, and I'm kinda bored tonight - so I figgered I'd just start a new thread. Remember how we discussed black...how it's not a practical color because the dye was expensive, and it easily faded...well...silly question here, but since many Jolly Rogers were black, how did they achieve the color?? Were they made from tarred canvas? Painted? Dyed?? I'm thinking they were painted, but not sure... das
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I know one thing, what it is made out of "beef" , and it is used for bird feed alot. I want to know if anyboby has ever eaten it, or bought it for human consumption. Looks like potted meat would be a good substitue. Don't know and just wondering.............
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I had the great hard-drive failure of 2004 right before christmas and lost (never made a back up) all of my jpgs of original paintings etc of pirate stuff that I had gleaned from the net.... But anyway, I am trying to hunt down some info (hopefully photos of originals) on Tricorns for 1690-1720. I know that lots of "vendors" sell their version of a tricorn but most folks that do cater to F&I and Am Rev re-enactors. So what are the differences between a 1776 tricorn and a 1702 tricorn? This is meant to include triming, feathrers, cockades etc. Also, the ones that I have come across lately (later 18th C) seem to be made from wool felt not felted wool (there is a di…
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Okay forum members, I'm stuck on finding a GoAP reference regarding rope sandals. Found vague references to sandals on a Spanish shipwreck off Florida, but no accompanying documentation as to the type or name of ship. So, if anyone has any period pics or other references, that would be much appreciated. About the closest I can find is the mid 1800's artwork of August Francois Biard (figure on right of pic is wearing a closed toe sandal). Yours, &c. Mike
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I recently had the opportunity to interview a direct decendant a rather famous pirate. Actually it wasn't so much an opportunity as I finally got around to it - he's my neighbor. And not so much a pirate decendant, more a privateer. But I digress... Anyways, he hails from the hearty stock of Sir Francis Drake, and he had loads of interesting things to say. You can read the interview at Bilgemunky.com.
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I was going to send this as a PM, but then I thought there might be more general interest. Being on the western shores of the pond, I'm having trouble finding resources on the 18th c smugglers of the Fens and the southeast coast of England. Can you recommend any books, especially anything I can find through Amazon.UK? Thanks, Mate!! Hawkyns
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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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Greetings Mates, I am Baptiste and this is my first postings to this group. I pray your patients and please read my studied opinion as I tell the tale of two pyrate ships In my port, the Bay of Saint Francis two pyrate ships are moored. The first is a 1970’s sloop with modern rigging. Her master has painted her black and she has a yellow gun deck. This modern vessel is armed with two modern signal cannons. The kind that shoot 12GA blanks. We know she is a pirate ship because of her flag and “make-up”. The second vessel is the Royaliste a fine ship with a fine history. Ancient trees were felled to form her mighty keel and sturdy bulwarks. She is now armed with fo…
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