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A pirate's life...
(18/05/2007
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Despite the battles danger, and the inevitable diseases on board, a pirate’s life attracted a lot of sailors, wishing to become rich and influent, to know the freedom of an existence of debauchery ... -
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(continuation)
(18/05/2007
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As she explains, to become a woman pirate you have to be a tomboy somehow, because you're fighting against men, under men's rules, and you're so considered as a man. I don't think women pirates ... -
A famous new woman!
(18/05/2007
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Keira Knightley Interview Video sent by CaptainWendy (I can swear you I can't understand the spanish language! I only can read italian!) If this video gives us a proof of the golden age of piracy ... -
Special pirates...
(18/05/2007
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That was the “preferential treatment” in general reserved to women. And two famous piracy’s figures prove this fact! On the Jamaïcan coast, in 1721, three gallows were waiting for their victims. A ... -
Confinement before and after the trial
(18/05/2007
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But above all, whatever we think, except for physical tortures, the worst punishment for a real and passionated pirate was imprisonment! To be held during endless decades, far from the treasures, ... -
Slavery and branding...
(18/05/2007
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An other level of punishment for the common pirate was slavery. While the sentence normally was not a life time of slavery per-se, it often turned into slavery until death. This is because ... -
A broad choice at disposal!
(18/05/2007
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The good news is, you were already dead. The bad news is you were not given a proper burial. For many pirates, this bad news was quite frightening. It meant that your immortal soul would never ... -
The "Gallows' Dance"
(18/05/2007
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But if I knew a glorious and quick death, my crew didn?t know the same ending! At the time, and ?till the global disappearance of pirates at the end of the XIX century, punishments intended for us ... -
A peaceful death!
(18/05/2007
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On 10 February 1722, the Royal Fortune, my favourite and biggest vessel arrived to Cape Lopez. The previous day, I had captured the Neptune, and many of my crew were drunk and unfit for duty just ... -
Bartholomew Roberts
(18/05/2007
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Now I, Captain X, sail toward the African coasts , to Cap Lopez, offshore of the Gabon: an old skeleton is waiting for me. I'm now wearing a costume of grandeur, red and precious: my new name is ... -
Dangers of freedom...
(18/05/2007
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Indeed, being a pirate wasn’t as great as it seems, just think about all the battles, and the researches on your head! Treason and mutiny were common on board, among these renagades. As the end of ... -
The pirate of pirates!
(14/05/2007
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I changed my face again to tell you the particularity of the great Francis Drake (1540-1596) An interview with Bruce Lenman This interview with Bruce Lenman (BL) was carried out by Yorkshire ... -
The Golden Age of Piracy
(13/05/2007
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We were the 22nd of Novemeber in 1718, and my time was over, my body’s just falled down and that was my head now which float at the mast! I was no longer alIve, but my legend will survive me! ... -
The dark flag...
(13/05/2007
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Emerging from the obscure bottoms, here appears the Queen Anne’s Revenge! My majestic vessel, caught with my pirate ally Benjamin Hornigold from the french fleet, a huge boat firstly named Le ... -
BlackBeard
(13/05/2007
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My real name was Edward Teach (November 23, 1675-November 22, 1718) but my nickname shown me as a notorious English pirate. I had a rich reign of terror in the Caribbean Sea between 1716 and 1718. ... -
Yarggh! A corpse of first choice!
(12/03/2007
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Who would dare to affirm that he doesn't know this face?! He doesn't survive long the one who believes ignoring the most famous pirate of history! My cruelty and my look are at my fame's origine: ... -
The departure
(26/02/2007
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Take on board ship's boys, captain X is waiting you! To start the long trip above the horizon, the poor soul of my forgotten corpse, damned by the tides, decided to embody ocean's deads! I'm gone ... -
Yoho, Yoho, a Pirate's life for me!
(12/02/2007
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Here I am: the great and famous Captain X: nobody knows my name because I have many! I change it during my travels, depending on my mood, on the shores!! Come on board in an endless journey trough ...
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