Professor Death Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 although "most" of us it seems tend towards a generic english portrayal of piracy/naval life, i'm curious what sort of documentation (read IMAGES) some of you may have found that show what say some mediterannean, indian, arabic, spanish, italian, dutch sailors would have worn. we got to talking about this at our last event, and while i usually am an indian (feather head) i like the idea of not having to shave and paint all the time, but thought it'd be cool to do a different bit of a portrayal. the new-er portrayal of "jamal, the somali pirate" was even discussed. but seriously. i can't find that much about these other locales, though from reading johnson's i gather that there would likely have been a large number of sailors from india and the ottoman empire on a ship operating in that region, whether it was a pirate or merchantman, soooo............... Alright, but I'll kill anyone who gets in the way of me killing anyone! let me break it down for ya: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 A few of us have discussed this, in several threads around here. A couple of searches should pull them up or if someone else has the links handy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 There's a picture of Kanoji Angria, an Indian pirate, here, but I don't know if it's contemporary or at all reliable. There are tons of representations of Barbary corsairs: Aruj Barbarossa, Aruj and Hayreddin together, this picture of Stephen Decatur, USN, fighting Barbary corsairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Here is a link to a thread where I collected most of the pertinent conversation a while back. Feel free to opine! The Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grymm Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 although "most" of us it seems tend towards a generic english portrayal of piracy/naval life, To paraphrase Henry Morgan, Hywel Davis, Bartholemew Roberts (And some say Davy Jones himself). Sy 'ch yn galw Saesneg chi anadl? Lambourne! Lambourne! Stop that man pissin' on the hedge, it's imported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain McCool Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Bah! Damn you and your language of too-many-consonants! Captain Jack McCool, landlocked pirate extraordinaire, Captain of the dreaded prairie schooner Ill Repute, etc. etc. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "That’s what a ship is, you know. It’s not just a keel, and a hull, and a deck, and sails. That’s what a ship needs. But what a ship is… what the Black Pearl really is… is freedom." -Captain Jack Sparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Bah! Damn you and your language of too-many-consonants! Coincidentally, just like the word "phlegm". 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Hey one of my snotties is Phlegm and the other is fondly known as Loogie "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDrake Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 although "most" of us it seems tend towards a generic english portrayal of piracy/naval life, To paraphrase Henry Morgan, Hywel Davis, Bartholemew Roberts (And some say Davy Jones himself). Sy 'ch yn galw Saesneg chi anadl? So, Grymm -- would ye be kind enough t'share with us what yer quote means? I'm assumin' Welsh Gaelic, but could be wrong.... Drake --- The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grymm Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 although "most" of us it seems tend towards a generic english portrayal of piracy/naval life, To paraphrase Henry Morgan, Hywel Davis, Bartholemew Roberts (And some say Davy Jones himself). Sy 'ch yn galw Saesneg chi anadl? So, Grymm -- would ye be kind enough t'share with us what yer quote means? I'm assumin' Welsh Gaelic, but could be wrong.... Drake 'Who you callin' English dog breath?' and it's Welsh, no garlic involved =o) And no I'm not Welsh but I have a son who's ½ Welsh. Lambourne! Lambourne! Stop that man pissin' on the hedge, it's imported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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