Kon-Tiki Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Finally found my book on pirates again. It's written by Douglas Botting. Now I was wondering... anybody know how accurate information from him is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaRed Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Never heard of him, but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't good. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon-Tiki Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 Maybe we can test it. I could translate a couple of parts of that book so they can be checked for accuracy and correctnes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar Addams Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Would that be Douglas Botting, the author of The Pirates, published by Time-Life Books? Like most Time-Life products, its full a purty pictures and fairly accurate but BASIC information. It'd be good for kids or someone new to the subject. Sorta like Pirates 101at the community college. Eventually ye'll want something deeper. Never give up--Never surrender! Remember -- A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...BUT a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Live while yer alive--an' when yore dead be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon-Tiki Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 Dutch version of it, so called Zeerovers, not The Pirates, but yeah, that's the one. Seemed like there was alot of information in. Was skimming through the chapter on William Kidd in there yesterday. Wouldn't know how that'd be basic. Then again, it was just skimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar Addams Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Its what ya might be callin' a survey, providin' an overview of the general subject. Captain Kidd would be basic pirate information.. Ask a dozen land lubbers to name 5 Pirates, and I'll bet ya Kidd's name shows up more often than not. Surveys like the Time-Life books are good general works, but don't expect much depth or analysis from them. The main facts, names, dates, and events are usually right. The whys and wherefores are usually left to the deeper studies. Fer example, the latest study of William Kidd, called "Pirate Hunter," spent several hundred pages on his career . If all the pirates and subjects addressed in Mr Botting's book received as much attention, "The Pirates" ( or Zeerovers) would look like a full set of encyclopedias. Seriously, I think you've got a good book there. Just don't stop at that one--read everything ye can get yer mitts on! Never give up--Never surrender! Remember -- A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...BUT a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Live while yer alive--an' when yore dead be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon-Tiki Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 I should use it as research reference then, using it to see what I need to look deeper into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar Addams Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Aye! That's the ideer! Plus there be a lotta purty pictures :) Never give up--Never surrender! Remember -- A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...BUT a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Live while yer alive--an' when yore dead be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon-Tiki Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 Like William Kidd burying his family bible. Scanned that one in two years ago, traced over it and made it into the title screen of Little Pirate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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