Avast me hearties!
Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Time Travelling Pirates
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Two recent books involved a teenager being mysteriously transported to the Golden Age of Pirates and becoming a pirate. The first one, Pirat...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Could Pirates Swim?
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By tradition, most sailors cannot swim. I've checked around and I can find quotes saying this from the 16th century to the 20th century....
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Captain Blood
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I just finished reading Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini for the third time. I have been a fan of Sabatini since several of his novels were ...
Monday, March 7, 2011
Searle's Raid
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As Spain's northern-most colony, St. Augustine was a natural target for pirates from Francis Drake (in 1585) to Robert Searle (in 1668)....
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Commodores
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Someone in a piracy forum started calling himself "commodore" so I decided to look up the title. I remember it from McHale's N...
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Doctor and the Pirates
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The upcoming season of Doctor Who will include pirates. Here is an article about it complete with pictures of companion Karen Gillian on a ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Time and The HMS Victory
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A new survey of Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory, shows that the ship is in poor shape. The problems are that the dry dock is warping ...
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