Daily life of pirates / David F. Marley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marley, David, 1950-

Contributor:

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Series:

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series

The Greenwood press daily life through history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates--Juvenile literature.

Pirates.

Physical Description:

xlvi, 259 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Greenwood, [2012]

Summary:

Drawing on new research, this fascinating volume looks behind the myths to offer detailed insights into the real lives and activities of pirates--for better or worse--during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, from the mid-17th century to 1720.

Contents:

1 Introduction: General History of the Golden Age of Piracy 1

Caribbean Breeding Ground 3

Rise of the Buccaneers (1654-1679) 6

Expansion and Decline (1680-1688) 10

Vail from Grace (1689-1713) 12

Last Angry Hurrah (1714-1725) 13

2 Daily Life in the Pirate World 19

How Did Pirates Live? 20

At Sea 21

On Land 22

Leadership 24

Rules 25

Where Did Pirates Come From? 26

Wartime Privateers 27

Resident Buccaneers 29

Religious Refugees 31

Puritans 31

Huguenots 32

Indentured Servants 33

Escape Back into Civilian Life 33

Hunting Down a Pirate (Boston 1699) 34

3 Food 37

Basic Caribbean Staples 38

Early Buccaneer Cuisine 41

Beef 43

Turtle 45

Pork 47

Pirates and Hunger 49

Pirates' Delight: Salmagundi 52

4 Drink 55

Water 55

Imported European Beverages 56

Wines and Brandies 56

Beers and Ciders 58

West Indian Beverages 59

Punch 59

Rum 60

Drinking Establishments 62

Taverns 63

Punch Houses 65

Pirates and Drink 66

A Hard-Drinking Age 66

Restraint at Sea 68

Celebratory Returns into Port 70

Unwinding in Lonely Anchorages 72

Drink-Fueled Excesses 73

5 Lairs 77

Havens from Storms 79

The Pirate Camp 81

Early Hideouts 83

Gardens of the Queen or South Cays of Cuba 84

Abraham's Cay or Bluefields, Nicaragua 86

Bay of Campeche, Tris Island, or Laguna de Términos 87

Bocas del Toro 90

Coxon's Hole, Roatán Island 91

Lost Strongholds 93

Tortuga Island, Haiti 93

Port Royal, Jamaica 94

Madagascar 96

Nassau, Bahamas 97

6 Plunder 103

Currency 104

Gold 1081

Jewelry 111

Slaves 112

Miscellaneous Pillaged Goods 115

Captain Kidd's Lost Treasure 116

7 Weapons, Ships, and Tactics 121

Weaponry 121

Muskets 124

Pistols 126

Blunderbusses 127

Grenades 129

Cutlasses 131

Swivels 132

Ships 134

Types 137

Acquisition and Replacement 138

Tactics 140

On Land 141

At Sea 142

Avoiding Ship Duels 145

8 Torture 149

Products of a Brutal Age 150

Fearsome Jurisprudence 152

Torture for Profit 154

The Ordeal at Veracruz, May 1683 155

Repeat Pattern of Abuse 158

Torture for Spite 161

Mistreatment between Pirates 163

9 Religion 167

Antipathy against the Catholic Church 168

Superstition and Ritual 170

Religious Outcasts 173

France's Huguenots 173

England's Irish Catholics 174

Antisocial Anger and Hostility 175

10 Flags 177

Ancient Practice 177

The Blood-Red Pirate Flag 179

The Black Flag of Death 181

11 Documents 187

A Issuance of Peacetime Jamaican Commissions, February 1666 187

B Buccaneer Strategy by Exquemelin, Late 1660s 189

C Letter from Jamaica's Governor Complaining of Piracy, 1672 190

D Newspaper Account of the Sack of Veracruz, 1683 192

E Thomas Pound's Capture, Boston, 1689 194

F Act for the Suppression of Piracy, 1698 196

G Bartholomew Roberts's Threat to Saint Kitts's Governor, 1720 206

H Newspaper Report of Piracy in the West Indies, 1722 207

I Ned Low's Pirate Articles, 1723 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

0313395632

9780313395635

9780313395642

0313395640

OCLC:

729344432

Publisher Number:

99947648446