Overall the presentations were very interesting. It was cool to see the different styles and facts coming from all these different students. Hearing about Somalian pirates compared to the Golden Age of Piracy pirates was interesting and enlightening. Also it’s sad to see issues from 1600s continue to be an issue in today’s society. I believe my […]

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Typically as a student, I find research projects repulsive and boring. They are just one more thing added to our “to-do” lists that we must check off to get a decent grade. To my surprise however, a small piece of me enjoyed this project. Yes, it was a paper and yes it was pretty long, […]

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The topic that I have chosen is focused on the lives and influence of female pirates in The Golden Age of Piracy. The idea first came to me when we presented our group PowerPoints and my group realized that there weren’t a tremendous amount of female pirates mentioned during this era. Even more so, there […]

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Many methods of torture and violence were used by pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. While it may be common and sometimes easy to brush off these methods because they were pirates and were known for being dangerous and ruthless animals, the stance still stands that they took human lives regardless and furthermore were […]

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      As I boarded the ship early that morning, the first thing that hit me was the smell. Dead fish, dried sweat, and special hint of feces. I didn’t know how long I would last without a toothbrush and deodorant. I could handle peeing off the boat, which actually seemed fun, and the limited bathing. […]

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One of the biggest debates of fact or fiction  involving Henry Morgan is whether he was a legit pirate or a wavering privateer. The definition of a pirate is a person who attacks or robs ships or peoples at sea. The definition of an privateer is someone who takes over and attacks enemy ships in […]

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This just in! Early this morning at 7:00am January 28, 1671, Admiral and Captain Henry Morgan launched pursuit on the city of Panama and its wealth. With the city out of reach from the shore, Morgan began the morning by giving the call to his men to press inward from the shore across the mainland […]

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An interesting parallel concerning Sir Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Columbus, as well as others is that they were considered explorers yet practiced acts of piracy. Whether they knew it or not, these explorers by definition could be considered pirates. Merriam-Webster defines a pirate or piracy as, “someone who attacks and/or steals from a ship at […]

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Cordingly, David. “Wooden Legs and Parrots.” Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life among the Pirates. New York: Random House, 1996. 3-25. Print.         Within the first chapter of Under the Black Flag, Cordingly introduces pirates as they were know in the older days. He also compares and contrasts […]

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