Episode 64 – People of Desperate Fortunes
Our small fleet of English pirates was at an impasse, when several pieces of good fortune fell into their laps.
A Podcast About the Real Men & Women Behind the Golden Age of Piracy
Our small fleet of English pirates was at an impasse, when several pieces of good fortune fell into their laps.
What would it be like to spend three years in complete solitude, fighting for survival? Would it be better or
In 1682, in the aftermath of the English Pacific Adventure, three crews prepared their ships for a new voyage to
Continue readingEpisode 61 – More Willful & Less Under Command
We weave between the lines of truth and fiction. We explore ideas about prejudice, historiography, and social norms. Today we
Today the war comes home to Cap‑Français. What was left of the French buccaneers on Saint-Domingue face off against a
War arrives in the West Indies. Jan Willems, Anne, & Laurens de Graaf are each impacted in their own way.
Laurens de Graaf sought revenge after the attack on his plantation. He hunted two Spanish privateers in particular – Juan
In 1685 & 1686, in the West Indies, the English were hunting pirates and arresting any Englishmen that sailed under
The Brethren of the Coast sail from Saint Dominique in one last flurry of high seas piracy. Are they the
Continue readingEpisode 55 – Twilight of the Buccaneers Part 3
Christmas, 1683. King Louis XIV invaded The Holy Roman Empire in a bid to claim the western bank of the