Traditional tattoo's of sailor's from the early 18

[Storm Head Edward]

[FONT=Geneva]Hi, I'm trying to find some information on Tattoo's of the early 18th century. That sailor's would have had!

Thank ye,

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Check the post in Capt. Twill "tattoos (Pages 1 2 3 ...10 )" began back in July 2007

General understanding is that Tattoos were not very common if found at all among sailors or pirates in the Western World (Europe - the Americas) in the period of the GAOP or for the most part of the 18th cent.

From one of the posts (mine ) back then...

"In the late 1700s, Captain Cook made several trips to the South Pacific. The people of London welcomed his stories and were anxious to see the art and artifacts he brought back. Returning form one of this trips, he brought a heavily tattooed Polynesian named Omai. He was a sensation in London. Soon, the upper- class were getting small tattoos in discreet places. For a short time tattooing became a fad."

So late 1700's, colonial period, you might have seen pirate ink, but for most of the GAOP it was rare.