Setting M'self Up as a Gentleman...

[blackjohn]

GoF and I were jawin', and we was tradin' Ideas, and I says to him I says, when I've made me Fortune, I'm settin' m'self up as a Gentleman... and He says to Me He says, have You seen This... and I says to Him I says, yes, and have You seen This or This.

[Deadeye]

More power, to ye, Cap'n!

I plan to make me fortune someday, but i know what i Be, and It aint no gen'leman!

Wouldnt it be fun fer a Pirate crew to raid a "Fop fest" and hold em all ransom?

[blackjohn]

Well, I always think of that scene from Treasure Island with Heston, the scene where he's saying "when I'm in my coach riding to parliament..." yada yada.

[Deadeye]

Fer 3 years, me wife tried to pass me off as a gentleman. But finally i told her "you can only polish a turd so much, my dear" and she gave up!

now she wears a patch that says "I Love my Pirate"

[Gentleman of Fortune]

I think that we need a sticky topic of Links for 17th/18th Century. I have a favorites file full of them, and John Has been collecting them since he bought his Commodore 64!

So, here is the challenge. Send in your cool Links with a short description. Yeah, it might take a bit longer to clean it up, but maybe we could categorize them so they would be easier to search.

Here is an example of what I mean

Catagories:

17th/18th Century Groups:

GROUP- http://www.piratebrethren.com/ Authentic Pirate Re-enactment GROUP on the East Coast

GROUP- http://www.petrobrigada.ru/peter/gallery/gallery_e.htm Russian re-enactment group portraying soldiers of Peter The Greats Army

Period Weapons (Info and Sources)

INFO- http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1945.../Guns/Locks.htm Information on Early Firearm Locks

SOURCE- http://www.earlyrusticarms.com/gungallery.htm Maker of reproduction Firearms

Period Clothing (Info and Sources)

INFO- www.gentlemenoffortune.com Good information source for Authentic Pirate clothing and Equipment

Museums and Extant Examples

MUSEUM- http://www.manchestergalleries.org/html/co...collection.html

Extant clothing of all periods

Ships:

SHIP-http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/ Replica 17th Century Sweedish ship out of Delaware

Pirate Biographies

BIO-http://www.privateerdragons.org/pirates_famous.html Great alphabetical listing of Pirates and when they were active

General Info for 17th/18th Centuries

INFO-http://www.geocities.com/livinghistoryresources/

General resources for 18th Century

You get the idea

GoF

[blackjohn]

That is a great idea. So great, I'm going to suggest the same to the mods in Plunder!

(C64... )