What do you know about pirates Did pirates have parrots Sure Monkeys were popular too Did pirates have peg legs and hooks Yes many lost limbs but few had hooks Did pirates grapple ID: 760207
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Slide1
Pirates!!!
A
Brief
H
istory
Slide2What do you know about pirates?
Did pirates have parrots? Sure. Monkeys were popular, too!Did pirates have peg legs and hooks?Yes, many lost limbs, but few had hooks.Did pirates “grapple” and swing from boat to boat? Not really, usually ships would launch the long boats. But it happened.They usually did not swing from boat to boat; it does not work.They did not slide down sails with knives.
Bartholomew Roberts
Slide3Did pirate ships get close together and fire cannons from just feet away? Like in “Pirates of the Caribbean?” Maybe once, but that would be a really dumb maneuver. 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!
Slide4Did pirates make people walk the plank?No, there’s only one recorded instance of this, and historians are skeptical about it.A pirate’s favorite sword:Cutlass: short but practical (keeps out of ropes)Daggers were handy, broadswords popularRapiers: good for duelsBoarding axes and pikes popular as well
Slide5Did they shoot silverware out cannons?Silverware, probably not. Nails, chains, other bits of shrapnel, sure. Did they use a lot of guns?Yes, but guns were very unreliable. They became wet easily and would not work. Most pirates carried several pistols. There were marksmen as well.
Slide6Pirates are evil thieves, murderers, liars, kidnappers, rapists, terrorists, and torture experts There is no such thing as a “good pirate.”
Please remember…
PIRATE MYTHS? (video)
Slide7It’s all about the booty…
Practical and common plunder:Food and water suppliesCloth for sails and marketsSpare parts and pieces for the ship (masts, ropes, lumber, etc.)Slaves (to be sold or used)
The treasure:Reales or Pesos:Silver Spanish coinsThe “eight reales” coin became known as “pieces of eight”Escudos:Gold Spanish coinsThe “eight escudo” coin became known as “doubloon”Ingot:Gold or silver cast into a bar
Treasure recovered by Barry Clifford from
“
Black Sam
”
Bellamy
’
s
Whydah
Slide8Types of Pirate:
Pirate or Privateer?Privateer: Has a legal commission from a government to attack and seize cargo from enemy vessels or villagesPirate: Illegal criminals who attacked and plundered any vessel or costal village
Buccaneer: Boucaner: French term for process of curing strips of meat over a barbequeBuccaneers 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 seasTerm for pirates in Caribbean regionCorsair:Pirates in the Mediterranean and European areas
Slide9Captains of merchant and military vessels were cruel and pushed the crews too far!
Edward Hamlin (crime unknown, date unknown) suffered flogging plus being fettered for 8 days to the deck of the shipRichard Baker (1734) became ill on Europa and became too weak to work on deck. The captain forced him to spend four hours at the helm, then a whipping, and 90 minutes of being tied to the mizzen mast. He died a few days later.
“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.“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.
(Info taken from Cordingly,
Under the Black Flag
)
Slide10Pirate Flags
Black = Quarter given (We’ll be “gentle”)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
Slide11Henry Avrey
’
s flags
More Pirate Flags
One of Christopher Moody
’s flagsEdward Low’s Flag
Slide12More Pirate Flags
Calico Jack
’s flagNotice the resemblance between this flag and the flag from Pirates of the Caribbean
Blackbeard
’
s flag:
Devil skeleton toasting while stabbing a heart
Slide13Even more Pirate Flags!
The Jolly Roger:
Jolie Rouge
: Red or bloody flagAli Raja: Tamil pirate captain“Old Roger”: the devil
Two of Bartholomew Robert
’
s flags
The two skulls represent two Caribbean island that fought against Roberts
Slide14Piratical Democracy
?Weird…
Pirates were
democratic!
They
elected captains
!
The
crew determined the course of action:
Fight, retreat, go to Madagascar, go to New England:
zig-zagged
.
The captain made sure the ship went smoothly
: courses, battle positions, strategy, argument disputes, money, etc.
Slide15Compensation for Injuries:
Loss of starboard side arm: 600 pieces of eight
Loss of portside arm: 500 pieces of eight
Loss of starboard leg: 500 pieces of eight
Loss of port leg: 400 pieces of eight
Loss of an eye or finger: 100 pieces of eight
Slide16Buried Treasure and X-Marks the Spot!
PIRATES RARELY BURIED THEIR TREASURE!Spent their money on drinks and prostitutes. Some hoarded their shares to live the good life, but… Most wasted it!
There are three recorded examples of buried treasure: Captain KiddCaptain StrattonSir Francis Drake
Slide17A few other big scores
“Black Sam” BellamyClose to $400 million retrieved (modern value) from the wrecked Whydah BlackbeardCapture more than 20 ships in pirate careerAfter his fall, £2,500 total, including the sale of his sloop, collected
Artist conception of
“
Black Sam
”
Bellamy
Slide18Blackbeard: Truth or Legend?
Invented persona of “Blackbeard” to scare peopleHad 14 wives and 40 kidsBuried massive treasuresGrew beard and tied it with bright ribbons to aid in personaBurned rope sticking from hat to look fearsome Chased down a British navel ship!Buried treasure at the Isles of Shoals
Truth
Legend
Slide19Little is known: Only of his 2 year reign of terror on the high seasPossibly sailed during Queen Anne’s WarPossibly learned from Pirate Captain Hornigold Probably took Hornigold’s crew and ships in 1777 after Hornigold took a pardonConsidered an nice guy! … unless you gave him trouble
Blackbeard!
AKA:---Edward Teach---Edward Thatch------Edward Drummond---Edward Tach------Edward Tash---
Slide20Women pirates
Anne Bonny:
Left her husband for pirate John Rackham (
“Calico Jack”)Had a child with himMary Read:Raised as a boy, fought in land armies and on shipsJoined with Anne and Calico Jack after her ship was captured
Both sailed and fought dressed as menWilliam was captured, the rest of the crew wanted to surrender, but Anne and Mary urged them to fightBoth found guilty of piracyBoth escaped hanging because of pregnancyMary Read died of fever in prisonAnne Bonny’s and her child’s fate are unknown
Slide21A few other lady pirates:
Princes Alwilda (400ad) She didn’t want to marry Prince Alf of DenmarkShe dressed as a man and stole a boat with some friendsWhen Prince Alf captured her, he also captured her heart!Grace O’Malley 1500adCut her hair short for sailingAfter her husband died, “Granuaille” took control of her family’s fleet“Grany Imallye” eventually arrestedBefriended Queen Elizabeth I who let her go
Mrs. Cheng (Early 1800’s)Perhaps the most successful pirates ever!Nearly 1,000 ships in her fleet!Harsh and cruel: stiff punishments, no mercy to victimsChina forced to hire ships from Europe to help stop herSecured a treaty: pirates walk away with plunder but turn in boats and weaponsMore than 17,000 pirates in her force
Slide22Pirate Families
Most pirates did not have familiesHenry Avery had a wife and two kidsWilliam Kidd had a wife and two “Kidds”Blackbeard had 14 wives—maybe. Most pirates did not have time or were more interested in “other” women
Considered bad luck to have women on board.There were anywhere from 30-200 male pirates on a ship (depending on size).
Slide23Pirate Movies
The Black Pirate
, 1926
Captain Blood
, 1935
Fire over England
, 1937
The Sea Hawk
, 1940
The Black Swan
, 1942
Captain Kidd
, 1945
Treasure Island
, 1950
Captain Horatio Hornblower
, 1951
The Last of the Buccaneers
, 1951
The Crimson Pirate
, 1952
Blackbeard the Pirate
, 1952
Errol Flynn as Captain Blood
Slide24Against All Flags
, 1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
, 1952
Morgan the Pirate, 1961
Pirates of Tortuga
, 1961
The King
’
s Pirate
, 1967
Swashbuckler
, 1976
Nate and Hayes
, 1983
The Princess Bride
, 1987
Magic Island
, 1995
Cutthroat Island
, 1995
Muppet Treasure Island
, 1996
Pirates of the
Caribbean
(Trilogy)