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PiratesFan
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject: History Links -- Gold do you want it? |
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To be nice to the people that do a lot of hunting I have proposal for you.
I will give you 8 gold for relevant history links posted. Please provide a summary for each link. This will give everyone a place to go for links to history. I know this amount might seem like a lot but multiple links add up. I will only take the same link once so if it is easy to get to subsections on the same site. Just post that link please. |
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Sullaford
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Ah well in that case, here's a fun one.
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/manet/394/page24.htm
This site has a brief overview of pirate history from the romans and vikings to the 19th/20th century. Links on that page also lead to more details about famous pirates, weapons, daily life, and even a further reading book list.
http://www.cindyvallar.com/pirates.html
Yarr, I found all sorts of info on this site. I wanted to post links to the individual sections that were interesting, but you can find them on your own. Vikings, Chinese, Women, there's a lot there.
http://hnn.us/articles/287.html
Well, despite it being written due to the 9/11 attack it does have some great information on the Barbary Pirates. Perhaps Americans should have Letters of marque in the next Pirates! game heheheh.
http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/ilm3su96.html
Whoa, interesting page to start your search of piracy in the far east. Seems this professor found some good info.
http://privateer.omena.org/index.php
Another great information site, but this one focuses on the privateers. Again, I wish I could direct you to individual links, but all of you grown pirates can navigate yourselves to the places ye wish to go.
http://www.adp.fsu.edu/fleet.html
Sail Ho! There be treasure off the port bow! We all love plundering those Spanish treasure ships, now learn about them on this site.
http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/index.html
It may be a bit hard on the eyes but it does seem a bit more encompassing than some of the other sites that try to hit all aspects of pirate life. I especially like the ships, flags, and weapons sections.
http://www.epinions.com/content_4280983684
A fun article focusing on spanish forts in the caribbean.
http://www.answers.com/topic/wokou
Whoa, cool! A very indepth page about a particular band of pirates that raied along the chinese and korean coastline.
http://www.answers.com/topic/piracy-in-the-caribbean
http://www.sirfrancisdrakehistory.net/panama_raid/panama_raid.htm
http://www.global-travel.co.uk/drake.htm
Ah, something I miss about Pirates! Gold in the new one is the ability to capture the Spanish Silver Train. Each of these links talks about the Silver Train so I couldn't bring myself to post just one as each may have info not found in the others.
http://www.contumacy.org/bbs/index.pl?noframes;read=48024
The most fun link I've found yet! Happened back in May! Just go and read you'll love it!
http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/pirate_timeline.html
This time I'll send you to a direct section of a site. This time line is what I consider awesome. I mean come on, it starts back when the Hittites were around in enough force to be recognized.
I will keep looking and will edit this post when I find an interesting page. _________________ "No one makes me bleed my own blood!" |
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KingWilly
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Really liked the last one. Along with the timeline, it has links to other pirate information including information on heaps of pirates. Definitely worth a look. _________________ Shiver me timbers!!!
"It's good to be the king" - Mel Brooks
AKA. Will Scarlett. |
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TheDon
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Found an interesting link with sailing ship info, including some excellent drawings and photos:
http://website.lineone.net/~dee.ord/Golden.htm _________________ TheDon
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
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Captain Squid
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Although he is a naval hero in America, in England John Paul Jones was considered a pirate, and one of the most famous. In honor of the man whose famous quote is my signature on this forum, here is a biography of John Paul Jones:
http://www.jpj.demon.co.uk/jpjlife.htm
Note that he won his most famous ship action sailing a converted East Indiaman against a British frigate. The Serapis outgunned him, but Jones won the fight by boarding the Serapis and defeating the British crew hand-to-hand. Been there, done that! _________________ "Have you struck? Do you ask for quarter?"
"I have not yet begun to fight!" |
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Arawn
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:25 am Post subject: |
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http://www.privateerdragons.org/index.html
General site about pirates, with history, and some people who apparently like to re-enact stuff.
The best bit for me is that there is a section of the site that has a list of actual historical pirates, both famous, and not so well known, with some details about them. Oh, and a pirate dictionary. |
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Capt Peter Blackthorne
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Sullaford
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Captain Pete _________________ "No one makes me bleed my own blood!" |
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jbsmith
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Jack Royale
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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I based almost an entire school project on pirates on www.thepiratesrealm.com That page has it all, by thunder! Weapons, ranks, famous pirates, ships, hideouts, flags, books and even pirate talk! All hands hoay, or ye will dance the hempen jig! _________________ "Where there is a sea there are pirates" |
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ExtraCrispy
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