Episode 200 – Kidd in New York
I unironically use the word unbeknownst.
A Podcast About the Real Men & Women Behind the Golden Age of Piracy
I unironically use the word unbeknownst.
This story concerns the last voyages of two long time pirates – two Old Guard Buccaneers – Pierre le Picard
This is the story of two pairs of people, two real and two imaginary. A real author used a fake
Continue readingEpisode 198 – Men of Dissolute Lives & No Principles
The frigate Charles II was among the best ships in English waters circa 1693. The Houblon Brothers commissioned her for
The Nine Years War almost halted the piratical career of Henry Every before the Spanish Expedition even left port.
William III, William Phips, and William Dampier. And Henry Every.
The Carolina Colony is one of the most iconic locales in all of pirate mythology. Today we look at the
Before the Pirates of the Round turned to piracy some of them served as illegal slavers in a global criminal
Mongols and Mughals and Pirates. Oh my!
The early years of the Nine Years War saw dozens of Privateering Commissions handed out to ships intended to raid