Gentleman of Fortune Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 I second Pirate Kings site for an Archeologist view of pirate history. His site is pretty graphic intensive too (at least it was under the moniker of "pirates cove" and I link to his site on my own.... (though he has yet to return the favor ) But my site, http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com , almost strickly deals with the GAoP in a "living History"sense. That is, it deals with clothing, equipment, and weapons (and a little bit of sailing vessels) used by pirates during the 1680ish-1725ish timeframe. So my site is not good for finding out Blackbeard's Birthday or Anne Bonney's favorite color. "Most" pirate sites are re-hases of each other, which shares the same info as 90% of the piracy books out there. With books, start with Johnson's History of Pirates, that will cover most of the bases for what you want to know about the major pirate personalities. greg aka gof Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!
Blackjack McGregor Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Thanks for the information!!! I am just getting started on this subject so these websites will help out greatly!!! Thanks
Gentleman of Fortune Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 Samuel Pepys diary online http://www.pepys.info/index.html GoF Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!
Captain Midnight Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Yep, this is a very cool period resource. It's where I found my documentation that Montero hats were used at sea in the GAoP... "Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?" ---Captain William Kidd--- (1945)
Matusalem Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 Good information on shipwrecks: http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwrecks.htm Maybe we get lucky and find treasure: http://www.shipwreckexpo.com/fleastelcapitana.htm
Red Cat Jenny Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Digging through a huge hoarde of bookmarks in aa folder simply titled Piracy.(I love opening my computer and seeing that) I found one I had forgotten about. The ships' list Though much of it is 1800 and later, there are 18th Cen sections. The ones I like show passenger and livestock lists and log entries ~~Charming Molly~~ What a great name for a ship - I do like it These are great resources for period names as well. I use passenger lists to find character names when I write. Ships list for Charming Molly ~ 1760 Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time...
Red Cat Jenny Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I'm drowning.... But I don't mind.... I've been drifting through this glorious gluttony of all things maritime for months. Bring a raft.. A lifeline,....... A piece of wreckage to float on... You'll need it BTW many of you are boatbuilding in various degrees..yes I do read those there is a Lion's share of links relating to everything from models, to rivercraft, to every conceivable scale. Makes me want to build one. Pour a brandy and please enjoy..I know I do ~ Jenny~ All things Maritime Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time...
Salty Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 very nice link lass, thank ye Mud Slinging Pyromanic , Errrrrr Ship's Potter at ye service Vagabond's Rogue Potter Wench First Mate of the Fairge Iolaire Me weapons o choice be lots o mud, sharp pointy sticks, an string
capnwilliam Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 I'm trying to locate info - contemporary newspaper accounts - of the sinking of the JEFFERSON DAVIS, a Confederate privateering vessel, off St. Augustine, Florida, on August 16, 17, and 18, 1861. Does any one have any idea where I might be able to access relevant old newspaper archives? I've just sent a message to the St. Augustine Historical Society, also. Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!"
hurricane Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 I would try a place like http://www.newspaperarchive.com -- it has historic newspapers dating back to 1759. Good luck! Hurricane -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com
Matusalem Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 East Coast/New England/Nova Scotia maps ...if I could only get a repro, I'm doing up a room in nautical artifacts for the ol' home.
callenish gunner Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Aye tis a shame more old maps aren't being reproduced for the public. Some of those maps on the link would be great to have copies of them!
Fox Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 I take it you guys missed this very recent thread then: https://pyracy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11355 Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
callenish gunner Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 not at all but those are world maps or Europe what was presented here were more like the sailing charts of American coastal waters from the period ...I myself would love to have copies of period charts from the Carribean as well; showing soundings and shoals etc. world maps are fine but how many of those can you chart a course by
Matty Bottles Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 I could be wrong, but I though that Manhattan was available - but I don't know if it's for sailing. "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum
LocktownDog Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 This Captain Twill forum is the only one I really read here, as I'm not terribly interested in pirate history. I prefer basic nautical history, particularly that of the 19th to very early 20th centuries. In doing some research, I discovered that the National Maritime History Society has opened a discussion forum on their wonderful website. Unfortunately, its so new I'm the only one who has posted so far. Even if you're not interested in the forums themselves, do yourself a favor and check out the educational tidbits on the site. NMHS Forums Richard
hurricane Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 I posted this elsewhere but thought it would be better under Captain Twill. Here's another life sucker for you all! It's the Dictionary of Trade Goods - 1550 - 1820. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=739 4,000 entries about trade and retail things in every day life. An sample entry for the ladies. Shift An article of APPAREL; a body garment of LINEN, COTTON or the like and in early use applied indifferently to men's and women's underclothing but subsequently to a woman only. During the seventeenth century it began to replace the earlier name of SMOCK, apparently because it was seen as a more 'delicate' expression. In the nineteenth the garment was again renamed from the same motive, as a 'chemise'. One retailer had 'A p'cell of shift Buttons' [inventories (1690)]. The term does not appear in the OED online, but presumable a shift button was similar to a SHIRT BUTTON, and was designed to fasten a shift at the neck. Instructions on how to cut out a shift economically using only 2 ELL of HOLLAND instead of the usual 2 Ell ¼ were given in an anonymous pamphlet dated 1695 and entitled the 'Way to save Wealth' [Anon (1695)]. It is noticeable that SCISSORS were needed very little in this operation. OED online earliest date of use: 1598 Found described as FINE, FLAXEN, GIRL, OLD, READY MADE Found describing BUTTON Found made of CALICO, HOLLAND, TEAR OF HEMP, WOOL Found in units of DOZEN Sources: Acts, Diaries, Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Tradecards. References: Anon (1695). -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com
Dutchman Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 i knew it!!! airguns were around!!!! so there- i'm off to go make one this very second. the rest of you can continue to have the doglock, slowmatch, flintlock debate. I have my proof! ....well ok not really. wow thats an intersting read. I've found a few things on that site as well, but had not run across that particular book yet. thanks for sharing. i think that is going to be my weekend read if its slow at work.
Rivenshield Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 This may or may not be have been posted here before, but I felt compelled to share it with you. If you follow this link and download the .PDF available in the upper right-hand corner, you will have access to 484 pages of absolute piratical kick*ssery. It's not just Esquemalin's account, but includes Basil Ringrose's book and a couple others. An out of print gem. Raiding! Arson! Grenades! Muskets! Melee Combat! Boarding Actions & Amphibious Ops! Plunder! MOAR Arson! (They seemed to like burning stuff down to show the Spanish Empire how annoyed they were with it.) Enjoy! http://books.google.com/books?id=sKNQZfTl_...qpoyNBg#PPA2,M1
Matusalem Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Lots of offences, some of them amusing, a lot of street crime, the rest sound like the usual shenanigans of today's police blotter. Proceedings by date. John Map gets death for AWOL off Captain Solgard's ship, claiming he was pressed Docket 17250115-48 Richard Coyle got his:Feb 24, 1737
pyrateleather Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Wow, very interesting database... Several results with the keyword pirate http://www.PyrateTradingCompany.com
Will Fiddle Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I love this database! I have been swimming in it throughout the year. It wonderfully searchable, and it has a nice summation of the history of sentencing and punishment. My favorite part though is the detail that comes with so many of the cases. And it seems that perps have always been a little slow. "No, it was a guy that just looked like me. I was chasing him when this other guy grabbed me." Your most and obliged humble servant, William Dezoma
JoshuaRed Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Hey thanks for posting! I used to go there often but lost the link when I had to reinstall windows some time back. It's a GREAT site!
MadL Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 Do naught know if this has been posted before, pretty cool actually as it marks all the known locations of REAL pirate activity with hot spots you can click for details (kinda like th' 'Mark You Location' type mapping): ICC Live Piracy Map ...perhaps worthy o' a sticky marker? ~All skill be in vain if an angel pisses down th' barrel o' yer flintlock! So keep yer cutlass sharp, 'n keep her close!
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