Red = No quarter given (We’ll kill and possibly torture everyone on board) Typical skull and cross bones flown by Edward England Arm and sword flown by Edmund Cook, Thomas Tew, Christopher Moody (Info taken from Cordingly, Under the Black Flag)ġ1 Pirate Flags Black = Quarter given (We’ll be “gentle”) “It was such dogs as he that put men on pyrating.” John Phillips, 1722, at the trial of the crew of Bartholomew Roberts, regarding former officers known to starve the men. “I could wish that Masters of vessels would not use their men with so much severity, as so many of them do, which exposes us to great temptations.” John Archer, 1724, before his execution. The captain forced him to spend four hours at the helm, then a whipping, and 90 minutes of being tied to the mizzen mast. William White, before his execution on the same day, said that “drunkenness had been his ruin, and he had been drunk when he was enticed aboard a pirate ship” (Cordingly 193).ġ0 Captains of merchant and military vessels were cruel and pushed the crews too far!Įdward Hamlin (crime unknown, date unknown) suffered flogging plus being fettered for 8 days to the deck of the ship Richard Baker (1734) became ill on Europa and became too weak to work on deck. It’s all about the booty! An easy way to get money to spend in the brothels and taverns Some forced into it after pirate attacks-carpenters, surgeons There were no jobs for sailors during times of peace The drink drove them to it John Archer, before his hanging in 1724, admitted that “strong drink had hardened him into committing crimes that were more bitter than death to him” (Cordingly 193). Pirates became pirates for many reasons: Treasure! Gold! Jewels! A quick way to make it to the good life of wine, food, and luxury. Reales or Pesos: Silver Spanish coins The “eight reales” coin became known as “pieces of eight” Escudos: Gold Spanish coins The “eight escudo” coin became known as “doubloon” Ingot: Gold or silver cast into a bar Practical and common plunder: Food and water supplies Cloth for sails and markets Spare parts and pieces for the ship (masts, ropes, lumber, etc.) Slaves (to be sold or used) Treasure recovered by Barry Clifford from “Black Sam” Bellamy’s WhydahĨ Types of Pirates: Pirate or Privateer? Buccaneer:īoucaner: French term for process of curing strips of meat over a barbeque Buccaneers were thugs, outlaws, and hunters of wild oxen and pig on Hispaniola Eventually left island after food shortages and being pushed out by authorities: took to the seas Term for pirates in Caribbean region Corsair: Pirates in the Mediterranean and European areas Pirate or Privateer? Privateer: Has a legal commission from a government to attack and seize cargo from enemy vessels or villages Pirate: Illegal criminals who attacked and plundered any vessel or costal village There were marksmen as well.ħ Why become a Pirate? The treasure: Practical and common plunder: They became wet easily and wouldn’t work. Did they use a lot of guns? Yes, but guns were very unreliable. Nails, chains, other bits of shrapnel, sure. A pirate’s favorite sword: Cutlass : short but practical (keeps out of ropes) Daggers were handy, broadswords popular Rapiers: good for duels Boarding axes and pikes popular as well No, there’s only one recorded instance of this, and historians are skeptical about it. Were there any crazy pirates like the weird, little dude with grenades? Some may have been little, many were crazy, but they did have grenades!ĥ Did pirates make people walk the plank? There is no such thing as a “good pirate.”Ĥ Did pirate ships get close together and fire cannons from just feet away? It’s in all the cool pirate movies? Maybe once, but that would be a really dumb maneuver. Bartholomew Robertsģ Please remember… Pirates are evil thieves, murderers, liars, kidnappers, terrorists, and torture experts. They didn’t slide down sails with knives. They usually didn’t swing from boat to boat it doesn’t work. Did pirates “grapple” and swing from boat to boat? Not really, usually ships would launch the long boats. Monkeys were popular, too! Did pirates have peg legs and hooks? Yes, many lost limbs, but few had hooks. The Jolly Roger Flies! A brief history of piracy.ĭid pirates have parrots? Sure. Presentation on theme: "A brief history of piracy."- Presentation transcript:
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