Belladonna Bess Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 "Logwood trees" have made their appearance a couple of times in pirate books I have been reading (especially William Dampier), but without any explanation of what they actually were. So I got curious and looked them up. I then found a rather interesting article about them. Although it is probably more interesting to a botanist, there is some discussion about the dye history and the relationship between logwood cutting and piracy that may interest people here. I can't comment on the accuracy of the historical details, but the botany on this site is generally accurate. Logwood and Brazilwood Anyway, I don't know whether this is of interest to any of you, but combining piracy and botany makes me happy.
JoshuaRed Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Hey Bess - thanks for posting that link. I found that site about a year ago and lost it. Now I have it back, yippee! I love studying about the Baymen and their ragtag settlements.
Wartooth Posted March 10, 2005 Posted March 10, 2005 Thanks for the link, Bess. That was an interesting read. Wartooth
Mission Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 Bump. (I just thought this might interest some of you. ) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
William Brand Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 It does and thank you. I missed it before. It's always refreshing to see pirates chasing profit that isn't all gold and silver ingots. Opportunists who know the market.
Mission Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 There's some good stuff back there. (As well as multiple versions of the same ol' same ol'. I can't count all the discussions on tattoos, earrings, fantasy vs. PC, marriage at sea and suchlike. Well, OK, I could, but I don't like to.) Curiously, I did NOT find what I was looking for. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
jendobyns Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 "Logwood trees" have made their appearance a couple of times in pirate books I have been reading (especially William Dampier), but without any explanation of what they actually were. So I got curious and looked them up.I then found a rather interesting article about them. Although it is probably more interesting to a botanist, there is some discussion about the dye history and the relationship between logwood cutting and piracy that may interest people here. I can't comment on the accuracy of the historical details, but the botany on this site is generally accurate. Logwood and Brazilwood Anyway, I don't know whether this is of interest to any of you, but combining piracy and botany makes me happy. Thanks for the link! I'm not sure it's spot on for the dyeing information (some broad generalities, and the comment about the Redcoat coats is in error, the source for red depended on whose coat's we're talking about, officers or enlisted) But useful and interesting anyway.
Red Sea Trade Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Logwood has one interesting piratical connection that comes to my mind. Captain Robert Searles, the English privateer who raided St. Augustine, Florida, came to a bad end in the logwood trade. He was hacked to death by another logwood cutter while on the coast of South America. Not a glamorous, Hollywood ending for a pirate, but probably not atypical. Red Sea Trade In days of old when ships were bold just like the men that sailed 'em, and if they showed us disrespect we tied 'em up and flailed 'em, often men of low degree and often men of steel, they'd make you walk the plank alone or haul you 'round the keel. --Adam and the Ants
landlubbersanonymous Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) While reading up on black fabric dyes, I found this other article re: the logwood adventure. http://findarticles....ag=content;col1 (Published in 2006, Our Debt to the Logwood Tree: The History of Hematoxylin by Cristina Smith. it includes the previous article Logwood and Brazilwood as a reference.) Edited March 22, 2012 by landlubbersanonymous
Swashbuckler 1700 Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Sorry if this is offtopic but plants are already here so... I have been immersed in Caribbean nature and found old interesting book http://www.wdl.org/e...group=1&page=35 it is from 17th century and it desripes nature of caribbean.... And if palms Interest someone wiki has sone good info http://en.wikipedia....f_the_Caribbean odd usually I don't find biology very interesting but if it is even a little bit pirate related then yes... Edited March 22, 2012 by Swashbuckler 1700 "I have not yet Begun To Fight!"John Paul Jones
landlubbersanonymous Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 odd usually I don't find biology very interesting but if it is even a little bit pirate related then yes... Indeed. Sometimes I study biology in the evening with Mrs.Lubbers and it's always exhausting. Thanks for links!
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