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@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

And OF COURSE there are pirates …

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos #pirates

A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem:

Industrious pirate! see him sweep
The lonely bosom of the deep,
And daily the horizon scan
From Hatteras or Matapan.
Be sure, before that pirate’s old,
He will have made a pot of gold,
And will retire from all his labours
And be respected by his neighbours.
You also scan your life’s horizon
For all that you can clap your eyes on.
A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem: Industrious pirate! see him sweep The lonely bosom of the deep, And daily the horizon scan From Hatteras or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate’s old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighbours. You also scan your life’s horizon For all that you can clap your eyes on.
A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem: Industrious pirate! see him sweep The lonely bosom of the deep, And daily the horizon scan From Hatteras or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate’s old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighbours. You also scan your life’s horizon For all that you can clap your eyes on.
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Assoc for Scottish Literature
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Lloyd Osbourne’s “Davos Press” enjoyed sufficient commercial success to pay Stevenson (very small) royalties. You can find scans of the originals on the National Library of Scotland website

https://digital.nls.uk/rlstevenson/browse/archive/99384212

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos

An advert, printed on a toy printing press in a variety of serif and sans-serif fonts. The words NOTICE and ILLUSTRATED are in a bold display font. Some letters are slightly under- or over-inked. The text reads:

NOTICE
Today is published by S. L. Osbourne & Co.
Ilustrated
BLACK CANYON,
or
Wild Adventures in the FAR WEST.
AN
Instructive and amusing TALE written by
SAMUEL LLOYD OSBOURNE
PRICE 6D.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Although Black Canyon is rather shorter than ordinary for that kind of story, it is an excellent work. We cordially recommend it to our readers.
Weekly Messenger

S. L. Osbourne's new work (Black Canyon) is splendidly illustrated. In the story, the characters are hold and striking. It reflects the highest honor on its writer.
Morning Call.

A very remarkable work. Every page produces an effect. The end is as singular as the beginning. I never saw such a work before.
R. L. Stevenson.
An advert, printed on a toy printing press in a variety of serif and sans-serif fonts. The words NOTICE and ILLUSTRATED are in a bold display font. Some letters are slightly under- or over-inked. The text reads: NOTICE Today is published by S. L. Osbourne & Co. Ilustrated BLACK CANYON, or Wild Adventures in the FAR WEST. AN Instructive and amusing TALE written by SAMUEL LLOYD OSBOURNE PRICE 6D. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Although Black Canyon is rather shorter than ordinary for that kind of story, it is an excellent work. We cordially recommend it to our readers. Weekly Messenger S. L. Osbourne's new work (Black Canyon) is splendidly illustrated. In the story, the characters are hold and striking. It reflects the highest honor on its writer. Morning Call. A very remarkable work. Every page produces an effect. The end is as singular as the beginning. I never saw such a work before. R. L. Stevenson.
An advert, printed on a toy printing press in a variety of serif and sans-serif fonts. The words NOTICE and ILLUSTRATED are in a bold display font. Some letters are slightly under- or over-inked. The text reads: NOTICE Today is published by S. L. Osbourne & Co. Ilustrated BLACK CANYON, or Wild Adventures in the FAR WEST. AN Instructive and amusing TALE written by SAMUEL LLOYD OSBOURNE PRICE 6D. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Although Black Canyon is rather shorter than ordinary for that kind of story, it is an excellent work. We cordially recommend it to our readers. Weekly Messenger S. L. Osbourne's new work (Black Canyon) is splendidly illustrated. In the story, the characters are hold and striking. It reflects the highest honor on its writer. Morning Call. A very remarkable work. Every page produces an effect. The end is as singular as the beginning. I never saw such a work before. R. L. Stevenson.
Assoc for Scottish Literature
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

And OF COURSE there are pirates …

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos #pirates

A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem:

Industrious pirate! see him sweep
The lonely bosom of the deep,
And daily the horizon scan
From Hatteras or Matapan.
Be sure, before that pirate’s old,
He will have made a pot of gold,
And will retire from all his labours
And be respected by his neighbours.
You also scan your life’s horizon
For all that you can clap your eyes on.
A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem: Industrious pirate! see him sweep The lonely bosom of the deep, And daily the horizon scan From Hatteras or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate’s old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighbours. You also scan your life’s horizon For all that you can clap your eyes on.
A copy of a double-page spread from Robert Louis Stevenson's MORAL EMBLEMS. On the left-hand page there is a crude woodcut illustration of a figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, crouched on a rock and peering out to sea through a telescope. Above the sketched-in sea are clouds and two simple v-shapes representing birds in flight. On the right-hand page is a short poem: Industrious pirate! see him sweep The lonely bosom of the deep, And daily the horizon scan From Hatteras or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate’s old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighbours. You also scan your life’s horizon For all that you can clap your eyes on.
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp last year

A seasonal, but eye-wateringly bad Venn diagram

#santa #merrychristmas #pirates

A Venn diagram in three circles of

Gangster Rappers - YO HO
Pirates - YO HO HO
Santa - HO HO HO
A Venn diagram in three circles of Gangster Rappers - YO HO Pirates - YO HO HO Santa - HO HO HO
A Venn diagram in three circles of Gangster Rappers - YO HO Pirates - YO HO HO Santa - HO HO HO
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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇩🇪🏴‍☠️🎉 Starkes Signal für uns alle: Fast 9% für die tschechischen #Piraten! 🇨🇿 Einzige progressive Kraft im Parlament, stärker als die Rechtsextremen. 👊 Ihr kämpft für uns alle gegen die autoritäre Welle & für #Transparenz! Wir stehen an eurer Seite! ✊

Das Bild zeigt die vorläufigen Ergebnisse der tschechischen Parlamentswahlen 2025. Unter dem Titel „Volby 2025“ („Wahlen 2025“) sind die Parteien mit ihrem Stimmenanteil, der Anzahl der Stimmen und den gewonnenen Sitzen dargestellt:

    ANO: 34,81 %, 1.920.914 Stimmen, 81 Sitze – Andrej Babiš

    SPOLU: 23,17 %, 1.278.579 Stimmen, 52 Sitze – Petr Fiala

    STAN: 11,15 %, 615.721 Stimmen, 21 Sitze – Vít Rakušan

    Piráti: 8,81 %, 486.488 Stimmen, 17 Sitze – Zdeněk Hřib

    SPD: 7,83 %, 432.415 Stimmen, 15 Sitze – Tomio Okamura

    Motoristé: 6,80 %, 375.293 Stimmen, 13 Sitze – Filip Turek

Die Ergebnisse sind in Balkenform dargestellt, ergänzt durch Fotos und Namen der jeweiligen Parteivorsitzenden oder Spitzenkandidaten. Die Grafik bietet einen Überblick über die politische Verteilung und Wählerpräferenzen in Tschechien zum Zeitpunkt der Wahl.
Das Bild zeigt die vorläufigen Ergebnisse der tschechischen Parlamentswahlen 2025. Unter dem Titel „Volby 2025“ („Wahlen 2025“) sind die Parteien mit ihrem Stimmenanteil, der Anzahl der Stimmen und den gewonnenen Sitzen dargestellt: ANO: 34,81 %, 1.920.914 Stimmen, 81 Sitze – Andrej Babiš SPOLU: 23,17 %, 1.278.579 Stimmen, 52 Sitze – Petr Fiala STAN: 11,15 %, 615.721 Stimmen, 21 Sitze – Vít Rakušan Piráti: 8,81 %, 486.488 Stimmen, 17 Sitze – Zdeněk Hřib SPD: 7,83 %, 432.415 Stimmen, 15 Sitze – Tomio Okamura Motoristé: 6,80 %, 375.293 Stimmen, 13 Sitze – Filip Turek Die Ergebnisse sind in Balkenform dargestellt, ergänzt durch Fotos und Namen der jeweiligen Parteivorsitzenden oder Spitzenkandidaten. Die Grafik bietet einen Überblick über die politische Verteilung und Wählerpräferenzen in Tschechien zum Zeitpunkt der Wahl.
Das Bild zeigt die vorläufigen Ergebnisse der tschechischen Parlamentswahlen 2025. Unter dem Titel „Volby 2025“ („Wahlen 2025“) sind die Parteien mit ihrem Stimmenanteil, der Anzahl der Stimmen und den gewonnenen Sitzen dargestellt: ANO: 34,81 %, 1.920.914 Stimmen, 81 Sitze – Andrej Babiš SPOLU: 23,17 %, 1.278.579 Stimmen, 52 Sitze – Petr Fiala STAN: 11,15 %, 615.721 Stimmen, 21 Sitze – Vít Rakušan Piráti: 8,81 %, 486.488 Stimmen, 17 Sitze – Zdeněk Hřib SPD: 7,83 %, 432.415 Stimmen, 15 Sitze – Tomio Okamura Motoristé: 6,80 %, 375.293 Stimmen, 13 Sitze – Filip Turek Die Ergebnisse sind in Balkenform dargestellt, ergänzt durch Fotos und Namen der jeweiligen Parteivorsitzenden oder Spitzenkandidaten. Die Grafik bietet einen Überblick über die politische Verteilung und Wählerpräferenzen in Tschechien zum Zeitpunkt der Wahl.
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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇪🇺🏴‍☠️🎉 A strong signal for the entire #Pirates movement: Nearly 9% for the Czech #Pirates! 🇨🇿 Back in parliament as the sole progressive force, stronger than the far-right. 👊 Your fight against the authoritarian wave & for #Transparency is our fight too. ✊

The image presents the preliminary results of the Czech parliamentary elections in 2025. Under the title “Volby 2025” (“Elections 2025”), political parties are shown with their vote percentages, total votes, and seats won:

    ANO: 34.81%, 1,920,914 votes, 81 seats – Andrej Babiš

    SPOLU: 23.17%, 1,278,579 votes, 52 seats – Petr Fiala

    STAN: 11.15%, 615,721 votes, 21 seats – Vít Rakušan

    Piráti: 8.81%, 486,488 votes, 17 seats – Zdeněk Hřib

    SPD: 7.83%, 432,415 votes, 15 seats – Tomio Okamura

    Motoristé: 6.80%, 375,293 votes, 13 seats – Filip Turek

The results are displayed as bar charts, accompanied by photos and names of each party’s leader or top candidate. The graphic provides a snapshot of the political distribution and voter preferences in the Czech Republic at the time of the election.
The image presents the preliminary results of the Czech parliamentary elections in 2025. Under the title “Volby 2025” (“Elections 2025”), political parties are shown with their vote percentages, total votes, and seats won: ANO: 34.81%, 1,920,914 votes, 81 seats – Andrej Babiš SPOLU: 23.17%, 1,278,579 votes, 52 seats – Petr Fiala STAN: 11.15%, 615,721 votes, 21 seats – Vít Rakušan Piráti: 8.81%, 486,488 votes, 17 seats – Zdeněk Hřib SPD: 7.83%, 432,415 votes, 15 seats – Tomio Okamura Motoristé: 6.80%, 375,293 votes, 13 seats – Filip Turek The results are displayed as bar charts, accompanied by photos and names of each party’s leader or top candidate. The graphic provides a snapshot of the political distribution and voter preferences in the Czech Republic at the time of the election.
The image presents the preliminary results of the Czech parliamentary elections in 2025. Under the title “Volby 2025” (“Elections 2025”), political parties are shown with their vote percentages, total votes, and seats won: ANO: 34.81%, 1,920,914 votes, 81 seats – Andrej Babiš SPOLU: 23.17%, 1,278,579 votes, 52 seats – Petr Fiala STAN: 11.15%, 615,721 votes, 21 seats – Vít Rakušan Piráti: 8.81%, 486,488 votes, 17 seats – Zdeněk Hřib SPD: 7.83%, 432,415 votes, 15 seats – Tomio Okamura Motoristé: 6.80%, 375,293 votes, 13 seats – Filip Turek The results are displayed as bar charts, accompanied by photos and names of each party’s leader or top candidate. The graphic provides a snapshot of the political distribution and voter preferences in the Czech Republic at the time of the election.
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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.

Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).

📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw

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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.

Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).

📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw

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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇫🇷#ChatControl n’est pas de la sécurité, c’est un malware sur votre appareil.

Dit Udbhav Tiwari (Signal), en discussion avec députée Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).

📺 À voir (en anglais): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw

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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.

Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).

📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw

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@ps@ps.s10y.eu  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Israeli #pirates seem to have boarded the Alma in international waters.

As usual, #Israel only shows contempt for international law.

What we're living in 2024-2025 is the end of the rule of law. The empires have made it clear that they will not be bothered by foreigners or their own citizens.
We can let this happening, or we can uphold the rule of law. But who will? European States are too happy selling arms to Israel and buying surveillance technology from the "startup nation".

#EndAllWars

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This Is My Glasgow
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

As it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day today, it's a good time to explore where the skull-and-crossbones flag we now associate with pirates originated, and how this links to Glasgow.

This photo shows part of a memorial in Glasgow Cathedral for James Law, the city's archbishop between 1615 and 1632. So why does an archbishop's memorial have what we now consider a pirate symbol on it?

Cont./

#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag

A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
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@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

McCrae went on to become the governor of Madras for the East India Company. When he resigned this post in 1730, he returned to Britain, and eventually settled in Ayr. Around this time, he donated an Equestrian Statue of King William III to the city of Glasgow, which now stands in Cathedral Square, just a short distance from Archbishop Law's memorial where this story started.

#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag

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@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

As it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day today, it's a good time to explore where the skull-and-crossbones flag we now associate with pirates originated, and how this links to Glasgow.

This photo shows part of a memorial in Glasgow Cathedral for James Law, the city's archbishop between 1615 and 1632. So why does an archbishop's memorial have what we now consider a pirate symbol on it?

Cont./

#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag

A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
A skull and crossbones on a memorial for a 17th Century Glaswegian Archbiship.
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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

🇩🇪YES! SPD-Justizministerin Hubig blockiert zurzeit deutsche Zustimmung zur grundrechtswidrigen #Chatkontrolle! 🛡️
➡️ Damit dürfte die Sperrminorität aktuell stehen!
⚠️ ABER: Innenministerium will bis Oktober einen faulen Kompromiss. https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356

Eine Europakarte mit dem Titel „Help Stop #ChatControl!“ zeigt die Länder farblich nach der Haltung ihrer Regierung zur Chatkontrolle im Jahr 2025. Die Legende erklärt: Grün steht für „Dagegen/Neutral“, Blau für „Unentschieden/Unklar“ und Rot für „Dafür“.

Folgende Länder sind dafür (rot): Bulgarien, Kroatien, Zypern, Dänemark, Frankreich, Ungarn, Irland, Italien, Lettland, Litauen, Malta, Portugal und Spanien.

Folgende Länder sind dagegen/neutral (grün): Belgien, Deutschland, Finnland, Österreich, Niederlande, Polen, Slowakei, Tschechien.

Folgende Länder sind unentschieden/unklar (blau): Estland, Griechenland, Slowenien, Luxemburg, Rumänien und Schweden (in Schweden ist die Zustimmung abhängig von der Parlamentsentscheidung).

Am unteren Rand steht der Aufruf: „Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu“.
Eine Europakarte mit dem Titel „Help Stop #ChatControl!“ zeigt die Länder farblich nach der Haltung ihrer Regierung zur Chatkontrolle im Jahr 2025. Die Legende erklärt: Grün steht für „Dagegen/Neutral“, Blau für „Unentschieden/Unklar“ und Rot für „Dafür“. Folgende Länder sind dafür (rot): Bulgarien, Kroatien, Zypern, Dänemark, Frankreich, Ungarn, Irland, Italien, Lettland, Litauen, Malta, Portugal und Spanien. Folgende Länder sind dagegen/neutral (grün): Belgien, Deutschland, Finnland, Österreich, Niederlande, Polen, Slowakei, Tschechien. Folgende Länder sind unentschieden/unklar (blau): Estland, Griechenland, Slowenien, Luxemburg, Rumänien und Schweden (in Schweden ist die Zustimmung abhängig von der Parlamentsentscheidung). Am unteren Rand steht der Aufruf: „Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu“.
Eine Europakarte mit dem Titel „Help Stop #ChatControl!“ zeigt die Länder farblich nach der Haltung ihrer Regierung zur Chatkontrolle im Jahr 2025. Die Legende erklärt: Grün steht für „Dagegen/Neutral“, Blau für „Unentschieden/Unklar“ und Rot für „Dafür“. Folgende Länder sind dafür (rot): Bulgarien, Kroatien, Zypern, Dänemark, Frankreich, Ungarn, Irland, Italien, Lettland, Litauen, Malta, Portugal und Spanien. Folgende Länder sind dagegen/neutral (grün): Belgien, Deutschland, Finnland, Österreich, Niederlande, Polen, Slowakei, Tschechien. Folgende Länder sind unentschieden/unklar (blau): Estland, Griechenland, Slowenien, Luxemburg, Rumänien und Schweden (in Schweden ist die Zustimmung abhängig von der Parlamentsentscheidung). Am unteren Rand steht der Aufruf: „Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu“.
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Kurz aufatmen 🎉 🇪🇺 #ChatkontrolleStoppen

#EU#Piraten#StopChatControl#ChatControl #Chatkontrolle#NurMitPiraten#Piratenpartei#Pirates

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@joenepraat@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

🏴‍☠️ Although not perfect, I do consider the Republic of Pirates a proto-anarchist society. 🦜

Kings and Generals: Golden Age of Piracy - Real Pirates of the Caribbean

📺️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUG5Fy11xAY
wikihttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Pirates

"… In the aftermath of the War of Spanish Succession, thousands of sailors found themselves jobless, sparking a wave of piracy across the Atlantic world. From Queen Anne’s War and Privateering to the rise of the Pirate Republic of Nassau, this video explores how former privateers like Benjamin Hornigold and Edward Teach (Blackbeard) turned to piracy. The infamous 1715 Treasure Fleet Raid near Florida became a pivotal moment, enriching and emboldening these rogue crews. We trace the Rise of Notorious Pirates such as Blackbeard, Charles Vane, and “Black Sam” Bellamy as they terrorized shipping routes from the Caribbean to the American colonies. But the pirate lifestyle was more than plunder—Pirate Life and British Crackdown reveals the democratic structure aboard pirate ships, the diverse backgrounds of their crews, and the harsh realities of life at sea. Watch as Britain finally moves to suppress the Pirate Republic and reassert control over its trade routes."

#piracy #pirates#RepublicOfPirates#Bahamas#anarchism

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