No PERSON in their right mind is going to take a ship by swimming/walking along the bottom to it. Was a bit funny how she basically confirmed "Yeah he's nuts." but hey - it worked! Also I see a lot of comments about how the Black Pearl isn't a Man O' War. And like...*technically* it's not but she's also not wrong that to get a ship like that would be a huge feat. And it was - he gave up his soul for it technically. That's the one problem when fantasy starts to try to mix with reality. Things start to become not close to reality. Much like commandeering the Interceptor. No one was going to try and take it the 'traditional' way. This was just another crazy plan that even Will himself was probably in disbelief over that it worked.
"Caution's nothing without charisma! For if a man plays the fool, then it's only fools he'll persuade. But appear to be the devil, and all men will submit." - Edward 'Blackbeard' Thatch, Assassins Creed: Black Flag
I mean, didn't think Historian of any kind was a viable career until I was 21 y/o and had to decide on a degree; but here I am it's not really that viable but it pays the bills.
I love these types of videos because you not only get to learn about such niche things, but hear abt it from someone who is an expert on such things, and realize that no matter how niche there’s always someone out there with expertise
@@richardmcnally540 If you look her up, there's pretty much nothing about her actual credentials other than a claim that she's a "historian of piracy from all time periods". A lot of what she's saying about combat is absolute nonsense. For example, flintlock pistols and other early firearms aren't as inaccurate as displayed in media or as is spread around by history teachers. Flintlock pistols had a shorter effective range, but they were as accurate as the shooter using them within that range (roughly 25-50 yards depending on the estimate). The unreliable nature of early firearms had more to do with them misfiring or not firing, then them not being accurate or effective.
black pearl may have 2 gun decks.. but she has has only 32 guns in total... probably not heavier than 12 pounders! a well defended east india man, but not a man of war AT ALL!
For the pirates of the Caribbean - the Interceptor was the small docked ship, the big one you pointed an arrow at was the Dauntless, which I think was meant as a ship of the line.
The interceptor was the smallER ship. It was still a large ship compared to sloops that were common for pirates and definitely a large ship for 2 people to crew.
Same with One PIece; it's pure pirate fantasy and never pretends otherwise. Also, I'm pretty sure that Mihawk would literally kill her for calling him a privateer, haha.
I agree. GRRM writes extreme characters and situations, and the pirates in the Stepstones are almost caricatures. It just seems like they could have picked something else.
I came looking for this comment. The whole video was topsy turvey for me after she said this and I am going to lament about it for far too long. She got paid for the video and god bless her she is a pirate bloody historian, so I hope she never sees this comment. But yes, you definitely do not load the ball first in to a flintlock.
@@carlosarvizu7044 also if you place the gunpowder in and then ram the ball in it also wont work, you need to save some gun powder to place on the pan which the flint would then spark and ignite the powder inside the gun.
Ya, that made issues for me. An "expert" getting something as simple and basic as how you load a pistol, and they didn't catch it in post and let that glaring flaw through... It makes everything else she says suspect. Like she claimed that you would use a cutlass for thrusting? Not that they couldn't be, or that they weren't, but saying it that way suggests that it is ONLY or MAINLY used as a thrusting weapon. But when you look it up it is listed as a slashing weapon. I just wish they had her go over the info again and check to make sure she wasn't rambling and misstating facts since it makes it harder to believe that she is an expert.
Thank you for this. Powder THAN ball and patch. Take your ramrod (a stick thing), ram the charge home to the breech, return ramrod. Pour small amount of powder in the flash pan, close the hammer over the pan. Cock the lock to full cock, aim, fire.
And the Interceptor (AKA Lady Washington) is a ship that, once off the dock, can be handled by two people... poorly. Maybe not with one green hand but that's within movie reality for me.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez to add to her terrible knowledge, she calls Jack Sparrows shirt a 'white tunic'... Um no... It's a shirt, a tunic is from a long time before the times of piracy. Then she calls the pirate hat a tricorne! It wasn't called a tricorne until the late Victorians! It was referred to as a cocked hat and would certainly have not been made from leather like Jack Sparrows one. It would have been made from wool. Like... If she doesn't know, she really shouldn't be talking about it as an authority and spreading misinformation
@@oskarg5698 the word tunic isn't only used for Roman ones, you literally have modern dresses called "tunics", as it IS a tricorne hat, DUH... it not being called that way back then, no sh%$, they didn't talk in 21st century English, and she doesn't talk in yarrrr old timey Englishe in this video shiver mah timbers.
8:38 the in lore explanation is Jack got the Pearl from formerly working for the East Indian Trade company (The pearl is based on what ships from the company did look like), before turning to piracy against selling slaves, making more sense since the British bought a warship for him to protect trade Also the ship at 21:14 is actually the pearl before it got it's black design from being burned and rebuilt by davy jones, hemce the black color comes from burns and new sails
Also silly that it's still the best pirate game. Didn't Ubisoft just make a pirate game that is a direct ripoff of the boat combat, but somehow made it bad?
It's a shame they fucked up skull and bones. ACIV is on par with PIRATES! imo in terms of fun and being able to return to it over the years easily. Holds up like crazy
@-Einherjar_ black sails? How so? I assume you say that as it broadly relates to your profession but assuming you’re not a pirate and the era of modern day to whatever time period the show takes place, I don’t see how it could be deemed so extreme as “disgraceful”.
@-Einherjar_ dude the last season came out 8 years ago. A lot has happened in that time in my life that I can’t recall everything about the show. All I remember was that I enjoyed it thoroughly. I do remember now about Flint but I don’t really care. It’s not that big a deal. You’re welcome to have your feelings and be turned off by the show but I thought, and still think, it’s great. Also for the reasons you disliked the show, idk why you felt it necessary to identify your occupation as it has nothing to do with those reasons.
In Myanmar history, many Portugal pirates served as mercanaries of Burmese kings. Their descendents can be seen at villages near Mandalay. Still they inherited green or blue eyes with Iberian peninsula looks. Also still worship Christianity. The most famous and successful Portugues pirate was De Britoe who became governor of big port city with huge army. Later he tried to conquer more land with rogue Burmese prince and then both of them were impaled to death by Burmese King.
Nassau definitely had a fleet of priate ships protecting it. Black Sails has a fictional battle where Nassau gets assulted, which is shown here. But Nassau 100% would have been protected as shown here by a fleet of every ship in the bay with Hornigold as the admiral. Yes Teach, Rackham and Bonny never assulted the pirate capitol but if they had this should be fairly accurate.
@@thehobo00 A cutlass is a specific type of sword..... That's like saying grizzlies don't have much in common with bears Cutlasses, Rapiers, Greatswords, shortswords, etc are all swords. They vary drastically in shape, use, and function, but are all still swords.
@@Artyomthewalrus Pretty much every practitioner or expert on the subject on the subject will differentiate a Cutlass from a Sword of any distinction. Because it's not used like a sword. It's not really built like a sword. Etc... It is a sharp, curved piece of metal with a very specific purpose and nowhere near as much utility or versatility as an actual sword.
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@@Artyomthewalrus fr though yeah I agree they're swords (even though I never actually said they weren't), they're just not used in the same way that a typical finesse weapon like a longsword, rapier or what have you would be wielded. I'm sure many people watching this video are subscribed to Skallagrim or other HEMA TH-camrs (myself included) so we know that technically it's a sword or "swordlike object," but if you go from a layman's perspective there is a big difference between knowing how to use a longsword, with its proper fighting styles, guards, ripostes, etc, etc and and a Cutlass, which by comparison is a very simple, slashy stabby thing with a handguard. Much easier to pick up a Cutlass and know how to use it than a sabre or something, and that's what the lady in the video was getting at I think. Not everyone knows all about swords so I think it's important to come at it from that perspective
yeah not the best descriptor. I can see some small candles on the hat if he so chose but I agree not the best choice of words. Although to be fair when you are creating something for mass consumption you would use words they are more familiar with.
Actually neither are true. He definitely did not do that. General History of the Pyrates in 1724 said he did, but you know what the only physical description of Blackbeard is? A man from 1718 saying to a newspaper, he was tall and had a big beard. That's it. Everything about the burning ropes is after he died and honestly just try doing that yourself and see how uncomfortable it is.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez to be honest it seemed a bit far fetched having to constantly be breathing that in. That being said we don't have proof that he didn't and leaning into a growing legend is something you would do. Perhaps he just put some fuses in his hat away from his own face? Although with how dangerous fire is on a ship that could also be a no go
@@sethhogberg3620 Most pirate information is from trial transcripts or newspapers. I assure you, a newspaper would have printed this if anyone had witnessed it. None did, not the Boston News Herald, Not the Boston Gazette, none. Lieutenant Robert Maynard never mentioned it in his letters after killing Blackbeard and the trials of his crews afterwards makes no mention. The first mention as I said is General History of the Pyrates in 1724, probably edited by Nathaniel Mist a Jacobite printer who didn't leave London and whom many more legends including multiple marriages arises from.
After watching this vid, I get the idea that Oda-sensei got the name of his One Piece characters from actual pirates from history. This is one part of history that still amazes me, though the existence of these pirates are less of being free and more of being tropical Vikings with bigger ships with cannons
Pirate sloops and long boats were actually about the same size, on average long boats were actually a bit longer as they are mostly around 60 feet, sloops tend to cap out at 60 feet but many were smaller.
Most of them are named after irl pirates/sailors in the past. Kidd, Jewelry Bonney, X Drake, etc. You could tell Oda sensei did a lot of research when making One Piece.
@@q_tfiaw I mean, yes on the names, but it's worth noting that in over 1000 chapters/episodes, there is almost no actual piracy in One Piece, in the sense of pirates raiding civilian vessels. You get a bit in episode 1, and basically nothing after that. I'm not complaining, it's obviously not even trying for historical accuracy, but a 'pirate' in OP is basically 'anyone who travels by sea and the World Government doesn't like'...which given OP's world is like 95% sea and the WG are arseholes, is a _brooooad_ category.
Only one of the straw hats, though. Roronoa Zoro was named after the Japanese pronunciation of François L'Ollonais, one of the most brutal of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
@@merrymachiavelli2041 one piece world doesn't differentiate between pirates , adventures and explorers. They are all classified under pirates. There are a lot of real pirates in one piece especially cruel ones who attacks and rob civilians. They explains it pretty well in film red
I got the impression from the original novel that the whole "going after buried treasure" thing was basically unheard of, and the pirates were so hot for it because they figured it would be a guaranteed risk-free payday if they could only get themselves a ship again and make it back to where Flint had stashed his goodies. God damn Treasure Island is a ridiculously good book.
I should probably politely note in real life, pirate ship battles are very rare things. Most of the time a ship surrenders without a fight because the crew is outnumbered. A fight usually means something went wrong. Maynards fight with Blackbeard is the most classical idea of a pirate fight but its basically the only one. Jonathan Barnets encounter with John Rackam can barely be considered a fight, over in a minute after one volley. Bartholomew Roberts died early from grapeshot when fighting HMS Swallow. Also ship sizes tended to go up in the Indian Ocean, Henry Everys Fancy was larger then say, Stede Bonnets Revenge. Being on the open ocean allows for bigger ships.
It largely depended on the time period. The pirates of the early 1700s typically went after weak merchantmen that would surrender without a fight, but the buccaneers of the 1630s-1690s were well regarded for their bravery, and would often deliberately target warships and would get into combat at sea quite often. If you're interested in pirates more for the flashy battles, I suggest reading more about the pacific venture, one of the few pacific ocean pirate voyages of the golden age of piracy, which took place during the height of the buccaneering period. The pirates involved in that voyage wrote extensive first hand accounts of it, and described getting into combat multiple times. I'd also like to suggest the youtube channel Gold and Gunpowder, I know the guy who runs it personally and he does some fantastic research into the topics he discusses, far more than just reading through wikipedia pages, the guy really knows his stuff.
@@hannie330 This is true, unfortunately the Buccaneers era characterized by figures like Bartholomew Sharp and Henry Morgan isn't particularly well known and for some people, its just skipped over as being apart of the Golden Age altogether. It definitely is the most battle heavy of the three eras and it could get rather intense in ways the 1710s Caribbean never could.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Yeah. It's unfortunate that it doesn't get discussed as much as the later years of the golden age of piracy, as in my opinion it's the most fascinating part of that era.
Buried treasure is generally like an urban legend, as opposed to more myth-like legends like Flying Dutchman or the Kraken, it's more realistic, so we think it's more grounded in reality. But most hidden treasure map legends are just that, even if not linked to pirates.
@@kaffemachine102 it was my fav book as a kid! But I am sure treasure maps existed before and after, it's just Treasure Island is SO GOOD, everyone started copying it and tropes from it became stereotypes. As in: ALL pirates have a wooden leg, sing about rum, bury their treasure, have a pet parrot, and strut with a swagger like Doctor Livesey! xD
Zheng Yi Sao was the most infamous pirate out there, I listened into one of those history podcasts. She commanded 1,800 ships and over something like 60,000 people. Maybe Bartholomew Roberts was the most infamous pirate in the Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea.
But hey, it doesn't count because only white people do amirite (inb4 comments reeeeeeing that pirates in China or Japan or otherwise outside of Disney setting don't count, somehow)
she wasnt a traditional pirate. she commited piracy, but it was around china, not in the carribbean sea. Different time and place, so like i said she cannot be concidered a traditional pirate, because she wasnt one. The most infamous traditional pirate, and arguable the most infamous pirate in general is Edward Teach AKA Black beard.
The most famous pirate of the Med was Barbarossa. He and his brothers commanded dozens of galleys. They eventually took the city of Algiers and formed an independent state, then joined the Ottoman Empire for protection. He ended his career as admiral for the Ottoman fleet. Like Zheng Yi Sao, he is far from the romantic idea of the Caribbean pirate captain. It's a private organization that manages land and performs privateering under the protection of larger political powers.
Actually a cutlass isn't technically a sword within historical contexts and is classified as a type of saber... Historians and armorers often refer to and consider larger single-edged blades intended mostly for slashing and cutting to be kind of their own thing, whereas a "sword" (such as a rapier or medieval arming sword for example) is usually going to be a straight double edged blade longer than 12" (30cm) and designed primarily as a thrusting/stabbing weapon. A straight double-edged blade measuring 30cm or less is considered to be a "dagger" or "dirk" (no, not a knife lol). In reality the standards for these naming conventions can be rather arbitrary as there is no "official" length standard or cutoff by which a dagger would be labeled as a "sword". The 12" or 30cm limit is more of a commonly held belief for simplicity's sake rather than an actual 'hard and fast' rule. Generally speaking a blade is dubbed a "sword" or a "dagger"/"dirk" based on certain factors that lend to its overall combat effectiveness such as agility, versatility, and range/reach. In any case I can totally understand how to the layman these differences and terminologies might seem overwhelmingly pedantic, and admittedly I can totally comprehend your frustration. Frankly it does seem a bit needlessly confusing for an expert to introduce specialized terminology and classifications to an otherwise uninitiated audience. I mean surely she had to have known and understood that basically everyone and anyone who sees a large edged weapon immediately thinks "sword", right? Like all specifics aside a large one-handed or two-handed bladed weapon is just a friggin' sword to most, at least as far as the average person is concerned; so holding up a cutlass and proudly declaring to the audience that "This is not a sword!" just seems pointlessly contrarian and entirely unnecessarily confusing. Completely accurate given the subject matter mind you, but perhaps not the best or most tactful approach all things considered.
0:33 Black Sails 1:51 Our Flag Means Death 4:29 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 10:28 Peter Pan 11:39 Treasure Island 13:56 Black Sails 16:23 One Piece 18:10 House of the Dragon 20:09 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
That’s the prevailing theory anyway. And also that the Plymouth accent has been influenced by Welsh/irish/scots accents over the years. Also generally speaking, there’s a lot of like glorifying pirates and then historians defending them, but for the most part they were conscripted as children into a pretty horrible naval industrial complex and had a a great deal in common with e.g Somali pirates of today. Obv there’s more to it than that but there’s really not a lot of difference between ‘I’m the captain now’ and ‘yarr oi be Blackbeard and oi’se commandeering this vessel’, except the latter was ostensibly sponsored as an extension of the Royal Navy for a while
@@elgatonegro1703 Spot on! There's a really good book about this called The Wager by David Grann (author of Killers of the Flower Moon). It's based on a true story/possible mutiny. It talks about the lives of buccaneers from all over the UK on one ship. Really worth the read.
I think the ratings for Black Sails need some context. I would have liked to hear her talk about the diversity in the crew like she did with Disney, and about the politics of running a crew that Black Sails does amazingly well. It’s a prequel to Treasure Island that uses real historical elements, so I think it’s good to clarify it wasn’t going for complete historical accuracy. It’s a 10/10 show with amazing acting, writing, and music. It’s on Netflix, anyone who likes pirates or shows like Vikings, Game of Thrones, The Last Kingdom, etc should check it out.
From a fencing perspective (which is what matters for her analysis there), a cutlass has very little in common with a sword. As she mentions, it is very small, has little reach, it's held near the body, it's made for close quarters and it's used for both cutting and thrusting. By contrast, a shortsword is thinner so lighter and faster, slightly longer, held in front of you; it is used for thrusting and can be used in rooms, but you need to work on your footwork nonetheless, and it'd be inefficient in cramped spaces like aboard a ship. (Of course, the cutlass is even further removed from a longsword which wouldn't work at all on a ship due to being too cumbersome, both in and out of combat.) Source: I practice HEMA fencing. There is a place for linguistics, and one might argue that you can call anything sharp or pointy with a handle a sword as long as you're understood, but this is not that place; as a matter of fencing, and with respect to the point she's making, a cutlass is no more a sword than a sweihander.
That's an interesting perspective; but it seems to come from a very narrow definition of what a sword is. I would define a zweihander as a large, two handed sword, but a sword all the same. A gladius is roughly the same length as that cutlass, and used in the same fashion, and I don't think anyone would claim it's not a sword. To me the definition of sword is actually pretty broad. Like, when does a very large seaxe become sword, or how long of a handle do you have to put on a falx before it becomes a polearm?
A lot of historians like to make this distinction: sword used for double-edged, and other terms for single-edged. It's stupid, but deh. They are full of such oddities, for example: they also like to call the thrust-centric bronze swords "rapiers". I think it comes down to the academic's need for classification, when historically, things were much more blurry. @@amaurylorin6018 What you call "shortsword" is actually called a "smallsword". As for inefficient in cramped quarters, it's predominantly a thrusting weapon (some versions exclusively), and since on average is not much longer than a cutlass, it's about as effective. The cutlass was preferred on ships for its cutting ability - especially for the rigging. Yes, you can use a boarding axe for that, but axes are not as good for self-defense as swords. Both you and her are bullshitting people, and for a so-called HEMA practitioner, you should be better than that.
It's also worth mentioning that the British abolished the death penalty except for one offense... Piracy. Henry Every actually rose to the greatest crack of all (which means that he could enjoy his prey in peace). Not only did he capture one of the fattest ships ever, but he also got hold of the pretty princess who was supposed to be taken to her groom on the ship. He married her. It is even very likely that he lived in England. And then he spent his loot (around 4,000 annual salaries of a typical British employee, e.g. a clerk) in peace and quiet...
I absolutely love the tropey pirates of Pirates of the Caribbean. I know a lot is inaccurate buts its so fun, it is nice to know that they did add some accurate things into them though.
The semantics of swords is complex and not especially relevant to this video... Cutlasses were as much cutting tools as weapons, too. In much of the carribean today, the term "cutlass" now refers to a machete!
It's because there's a standard for how long a blade has to be for it to be considered a sword. There's knife, dagger, short sword, cutlass, standard, longsword, broadsword. I don't know the specific lengths of each one, but I can see the differences in my mind's eye.
The Black Pearl being a rare type of ship for the type fits in-universe. It reinforces why Jack is so obsessed and attached to it. And in the later films, it shows what he sacrificed to have it raised from the depths.
cockney accent refers to the queens English? go back to school. yes its specific region of London weirdly the queens English was just for highborn toffs didn't matter if they were in London or Scotland.
'They were Veterans of war going after pirates' Imagine sending out ex navy seals to catch some robbers. I know this isn’t really an accurately description but it made me laugh a bit hahaha
I mean, literally US Navy fighting against Houthis in the sea is modern day equivalent, or any other fleet facing Somalian pirates... weapons change but piracy is always a thing and sometimes it needs entire naval force to stop it.
@@kaffemachine102 she’s literally a professor on pirates. It takes 8-10 years of study to receive a doctorate. She’s studied them nearly her whole life. You’re just someone on the internet. I’m fairly positive she knows what she’s talking about more than you do.
@@midnitest0rmjust because you study pirates for 8-10 years doesn’t mean you know everything and get everything right, it’s possible to be wrong even if you have a doctorate about pirates believe it or not. Doesn’t matter if you’ve studied for 10 years, if your wrong, your wrong
She knows a lot more than ME, obviously, and was liking giving only a brief answer (or had her answer cut by editing), but it appears the biggest English sailing ports at the time were: London, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Liverpool. In London, you're probably going to get Cockney; in Liverpool, you'll get a Northern accent; however, Plymouth IS where you'd find a lot of British sailors with Cornish accents. (and to a lesser degree, Portsmouth, which has the very similar, "South Country" accent, I expect).
depends on your definition of cool. I did partake in a research project about piracy (specifically in northern Europe during the late middle-ages, with focus on the North-Sea and Baltics) and it is increadibly interesting BUT: you mainly search to the equivalent of small-claims court cases in order to get some sort of real picture about historical piracy and even IF you find something, usually it's the only mention of a person whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, the topic is increadibly interesting and one of historys topics where even the fundamentals are heavily debated (specifically because interest in scientific research is VERY recent as far as historical topics go) but as it stands right now there are not many people who focus on it and even more in the scientific community that (sort of) look down on it (it is considered pretty "nerdy" of a topic and not widely seen as something worth of major attention, though I don't share the sentiment).
@@peerschulz2029 Same. I've done research and papers on piracy, lot of time going through archives and going well, this similar named pirate might be the similar spelling person a town over but its impossible to say and xyz story from General History likely has no basis in reality. I do enjoy it a lot though.
probably referring to how you load the powder twice, one down the muzzle, again in the pan. what is real criminal is she doesn't mention the wadding. its powder, wadding, bullet, powder.
@@demeter-the-great It goes in the pan, the part of the flintlock under the flint and the lock. it is put there, and the white hot shards of flint from the action ignite it, there is tap hole into the barrel that the powder is in that lets the flame reach the powder in the barrel, firing the bullet.
Maybe not, because she could also be saying that they most likely wouldn't use any sword longer than a "short sword," like a cutlass. I was actually surprised to find out that, while this is mostly true, there were pirates who preferred the use longer swords, like rapiers, they were just in the minority and most wanted shorter weapons due to close quarters, and those that did use those longer types, tended to be the minority who did have fighting experience. Back in those days people got a lot less hung up on using the very specific word for a thing and were most likely to just call something a sword or a knife than to use the specific words like cutlass, saber, dagger, dirk, etc. Who knows, though, and props for saying it's just what you were thinking rather than you knew or it was what she should say. Sometimes we just don't know for sure what the person meant by what they said or if the meant to say it a bit differently or more specifically. 🫡
A sabre (and a cutlass, for that matter) is a...wait for it...sword. Honestly couldn't watch after that. That and when she tried telling people how to thrust with it. I'm pretty sure the comedy was unintentional.
@@erincooke9732 She never... Wait for it... Actually said a cutlass wasn't a short sword. she was probably just referring to the broad category of swords which the majority of pirates didn't use and then showed the specific kind of short sword most of them did use, which is the cutlass. A cutlass also has a... Wait for it... Point, which means that it can be used to thrusting and, depending on the features of the sword, there are various techniques to thrust with them more effectively. Also, she is an expert in pirate history, so if you chose to ignore the rest of this video because she didn't say something about swords and short swords, a very small facet of the subject in which she is an expert, exactly how you would like, then you missed the main point of the video. Ya know, kinda like you missed the poit of the uhhh POINT on a cutlass. These crticisms in this comments section are ridiculous...
@@erincooke9732a sword is a Bladed weapon, just as a sabre is, they have different definitions and are names by style. Similar to how cars are not all just cars, their are ford cars and Nissan cars and mitsubishi cars. There are swords, sabres, katanas so on and so forth.
9:32 What Disney also did right (and a lot of other media didn't) is that they were basically make clothing when taking part of crewmembers, the few known female pirates were crossdressing on the ship.
As an avid flintlock shooter I can say she has the loading sequence completely arse about. In a military scenario they would have pre measured charges. You would rip it open with your teeth, then fill the pan, the remainder poured down the bore. The paper cartridges would have a ball enclosed you would then ram home the ball and paper cartridge with the latter acting as wadding. Civilians would typically have a horn or flask. They would measure out the powder, pour it down the barrel then either put in a ball followed by wadding or a patch with a ball over top to create a tight seal. The former for smoothbore and latter for rifled bores. After that had been rammed home you would prime the pan and then you’re good to go.
sorry you fill the pan before turning the gun towards you and ramming the ball down???? ouch dude you fucked yourself there no no no you pour the powder down the barrel then ram the ball AND THEN you pour on the pan rookie rookie mistake. why in gods name would you cock and prime your weapon before you've even loaded the thing?? what if you hit the hammer when loading and ramming the ball now you've just blown your face off....
asking a historian to rate the historian accuracy of fuckin One Piece is wild. it's a TV show based on a manga where characters regularly have superhuman characteristics lol
Idk if The editor just did her dirty or what, but she literally said with HOTD Oh yeah, in the early days of pirating, they would use land-based strongholds and yeah see how the captain isn’t fighting in the battle that’s accurate. They wouldn’t fight in the battle so I’m gonna give it an 1/10……….. Huh!??? 😭😭😭
7:55 This is so funny to me "We may be outlaws, but we are not lawless.". Just the idea that there was something like an Official Pirate with rules and regulations is just so funny. It's so human, wherever we go we install Laws.
"Oh, so you work for billionaires and agencies, or like for conservationists or anthropologists?" "Oh, no. Nothing so exciting like that. I said PIRATE historian."
There would have been a number of Cornish pirates because many were sailors and smugglers. Working on the coast would lead to that. A cutlass is a type of wide, cutting sword that was developed by navies from infantry hanger swords. They weren't really in use in the golden age of piracy because they hadn't really been developed by then. So they had small swords, side swords, rapiers, Daos, sabres, hanger sabers, shamshirs, kilijs...
I feel like it's a big detail to leave out that unlike pirates, privateers were legally allowed to engage in piracy. Most would be issued a letter of marque which is just written permission from your king to be a pirate. The only real difference being if you were captured without such a letter you and your crew would be executed but if you had one you were supposed to be treated as a prisoner of war or even released depending on who caught you and what you were doing when they did
She said it’s “pretty much impossible” to steal a ship with only two people. Clearly she doesn’t know Jack Sparrow enough. All jokes aside, I enjoy these videos. Both informative and entertaining.
What bugged me was that this was addressed in universe. It is essentially impossible to rig and sail a ship like that. However if you can have someone else rig the ship for you...
@@commanderiosifstalin4938 'Stumbles around while walking' Oh that's why. Gonna need to restock (At least Captain Jack Sparrow didn't get in this time)
@@JPINFV still unrealistic. why did ALL the crew assault the ship where Jack was on? Then the other one would be impossible to control in any less than ideal condition for the whole travel.
"Commandeer" means "to take command of". You cannot commandeer a ship whose captain and vast majority of the crew are somewhere else. It comes from Dutch-Afrikaans and was specifically meant to describe a situation where a government official said, "This ship now works for the government (me). Go there and do as I say." So Jack Sparrow's line is incorrect at 4:32.
thank you so much for citing your sources! I'm happy to hear that most of my pirate story is historically accurate, time to do some more ship research...
A cutlass is a sword, much the way a falchion, scimitar or other short slashing swords were. And there is nothing inherently inaccurate about a flintlock pistol. Slow to load and reload yes. Accuracy was related to rifling, and many flintlock pistols were rifled, but even most smoothbore were accurate enough at reasonable ranges. The bigger issue is that the powder would have been drenched by their underwater escapades on the way to the ship. She may know history, but she does not know much about historical weapons.
absolutely wrong, a sword is a double edged weapon that has a fuller a cross guard and the blade is over 12" long and is used for thrusting thats the literal definition of a sword if its single edged its not a sword. katana is not a sword, a falchion not a sword an axe not a sword.
The Chinese pirate queen, Zheng Yi Sao, had several hundred ships and upwards of 80,000 men in her fleet. Although rare, I am surprised the historian didn't mention her.
@@mojoblues66her website states "Rebecca is a historian of piracy from all time periods and geographic locations." Maybe the scope of the video is limited to the Caribbean and coast of America(s).
Great analysis - one small criticism - there are no "ropes" on a boat. They are generically called lines, or specifically by function - ie halyards, warps, sheets, whips or stays. This is important because there are obviously lots of "ropes" on a boat, so following an order to "pull on the rope' for example would be confusing, whereas an order to 'pull on the halyard' would be specific and easily understand for the crew. Sorry to be a pedant, but the importance of clarity is essential to sailors under pressure. Any thorough sailing course drums this into yacht crews.
You got the ships wrong on Pirates of the Caribbean. The smaller one is the interceptor, which is why he points at it and says 'were stealing that ship'. They re board it from the big ship later cause the small ships rigging is 'done' so they can sail it with 2 people (Idk how that stuff works I'm not a pirate).
He pointed at the Dauntless. One, you then got the joke that "he's the worst pirate" because they can't handle the bigger ship with two people, and two, you got the reveal that his real target was the Interceptor (which they still couldn't handle, but hey, go with it).
@@arthurmont-morency5027 it's an absolute masterpiece. Widely regarded by historians as the most historically accurate and authentic movie ever made. It's fantastic, one of my favorite movies
I cringed when she said they were working class so they would have a 'cockneyish accent'. Cockney is the accent of the east end of London. The UK has literally dozens and dozens of accents, especially at this time when people didn't travel as much and people weren't exposed to other ways of speaking. The fact that Bristol and Plymouth, both in the west country, were major ports at this time and that Cornwall produces a lot of fishermen, meant that there was probably more chance that they may have had a Cornwall accent as cockney. But there were also major ports in Portsmouth, Liverpool, Southampton, Hull to name a few just in England, where they would have had their own accents. This is before we take Scotland, Wales and Ireland into account.
While watching House of the Dragons, I never realized the Crabfeeder's army was actually supposed to be pirates. I thought they were a cult or something
@@Bigbooster126 just looked that up on TH-cam It totally does NOT work lmao Boat totally makes them float lol Even with an extra 60 pounds of weight on each of them Then even anchored to the bottom with like a ton of weight, still no go lol
16:22 I was thinking vaguely "wouldn't it be funny if they included One Piece (animated or live action) in this video" but then dismissed that thought as absurd pretty much immediately. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AND DELIGHT
Would you call the black pearl a man of war or a merchant galleon used by pirates? I don’t think it was shown carrying as many guns as even a frigate and the raised stern castle also makes me think galleon.
I think in the lore, it's an East Indiaman that Jack steals from Cutler Beckett. So, an armed merchant ship. A spanish galleon would have been closer to what Salazar was sailing. They were massive, heavily armed, and no joke for pirates to take on.
i know its about pirates but i never really thought the one piece anime nor the live action show was actually trying to be historically accurate about pirates
The video is pretty interesting to see and it exapanded my knowledge, thank you 😊 ...there is just one little thing I need to note - during the last clip from POTC: Dead Men Tell No Tales the historian makes a mistake when calling the pirate ship an "accurate small single-decked sloop", because the pirate ship in the scene, a Wicked Wench, is actually Black Pearl herself before becoming a pirate ship (very shortly and easily said), because few clips earlier the historian uses Black Pearl as an example of a not very realistic pirate ship, comparing her to a man-o'-war in terms of size and again reminding that much smaller sloops would be more common. However, I understand she just needed a base for that part of her speech about bigger and more armed ship eventually being easily overmaneuvered and defeated by much smaller and faster ships, even less armed.
This lady makes lots of mistakes for an expert. She claims a cutlass isn’t a sword. She claims you put a bullet into your pistol before the powder. She misidentified the black pearl as a man-of-war. I’m out of patience
Felt cute, might put some sparklers in my beard later
report back
LED lights would be safer
@@A0A4ful hahahah
@@A0A4ful "safety" be not in a true pirate's vocabulary, ye yellowbellied fucken landlubber
Blackbeard san UwU
5:11 "no Pirate in their right mind" - Aye but this is Captain Jack Sparrow we're talking about.
Finally, someone speaking logically about Captain Jack Sparrow
😂
Yeah, he's probably not the best pirate to judge for realism. To judge for awesomeness, yes. But not realism.
@@smittysmeee That's got to be the best pirate Hollywood has ever produced.
No PERSON in their right mind is going to take a ship by swimming/walking along the bottom to it. Was a bit funny how she basically confirmed "Yeah he's nuts." but hey - it worked!
Also I see a lot of comments about how the Black Pearl isn't a Man O' War. And like...*technically* it's not but she's also not wrong that to get a ship like that would be a huge feat. And it was - he gave up his soul for it technically.
That's the one problem when fantasy starts to try to mix with reality. Things start to become not close to reality. Much like commandeering the Interceptor. No one was going to try and take it the 'traditional' way. This was just another crazy plan that even Will himself was probably in disbelief over that it worked.
"But you HAVE heard of me!"
“In a world without gold, we could’ve been heroes!”
-Blackbeard, AC black flag
"The time where pirates dream of treasure, will never end"
- Blackbeard, One Piece
"So she's even ensnared my own elites with those thicc thighs, huh? No more Simping Blackbeard!"
-Blackbeard, Fate Grand Order
Ok
"Caution's nothing without charisma! For if a man plays the fool, then it's only fools he'll persuade. But appear to be the devil, and all men will submit."
- Edward 'Blackbeard' Thatch, Assassins Creed: Black Flag
*kisses Stede Bonnet*
If the 8 year old me knew that 'pirate historian' was actually a thing, I would have taken a completely different career path. :(
SERIOUSLY! Why is this never told to us in schools? XD
It's never too late bruh.
yeah. you can still do it. in fact you could turn it into a hobby.
I mean, didn't think Historian of any kind was a viable career until I was 21 y/o and had to decide on a degree; but here I am it's not really that viable but it pays the bills.
I went that route. Not much money 😂 but I know a lot about Blackbeard lol
I love these types of videos because you not only get to learn about such niche things, but hear abt it from someone who is an expert on such things, and realize that no matter how niche there’s always someone out there with expertise
I like how she describes loading a pistol using a stick.
You'd think she'd have some clue as to what the actual names of items were.
Expertise? If you read any book on pirate history you would know all this already...😂
@@richardmcnally540 If you look her up, there's pretty much nothing about her actual credentials other than a claim that she's a "historian of piracy from all time periods". A lot of what she's saying about combat is absolute nonsense. For example, flintlock pistols and other early firearms aren't as inaccurate as displayed in media or as is spread around by history teachers. Flintlock pistols had a shorter effective range, but they were as accurate as the shooter using them within that range (roughly 25-50 yards depending on the estimate). The unreliable nature of early firearms had more to do with them misfiring or not firing, then them not being accurate or effective.
black pearl may have 2 gun decks.. but she has has only 32 guns in total... probably not heavier than 12 pounders! a well defended east india man, but not a man of war AT ALL!
@Carlton-B galleon isn't pirate ship type either, they'll choose ship like frigate or sloop that can sail fast
@Carlton-Bin POTC canon, the Black Pearl was formerly a slave ship named the Wicked Wench, which would technically make her a merchant ship.
yup exactly what i was thinking too. Was just about to call her out on it when I saw your comment. No way that is a man o war.
You people really don't go out very often huh
@holokyttaja5476 no we don't you caught us. There is only room for one cool guy and thats you bud. 👍
For the pirates of the Caribbean - the Interceptor was the small docked ship, the big one you pointed an arrow at was the Dauntless, which I think was meant as a ship of the line.
The interceptor was the smallER ship. It was still a large ship compared to sloops that were common for pirates and definitely a large ship for 2 people to crew.
It doesn't seem like a great idea to show the House of the Dragon to a historian of the golden age of piracy. There is clearly not much overlap there.
She specializes in the golden age, many historians do, but they have to understand what led up to it at least to some extent.
If you consider the Japanese of the Edo Period as pirates, then maybe the sights and sounds of House of the Dragon could be seen as analogous.
Same with One PIece; it's pure pirate fantasy and never pretends otherwise.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Mihawk would literally kill her for calling him a privateer, haha.
I agree. GRRM writes extreme characters and situations, and the pirates in the Stepstones are almost caricatures. It just seems like they could have picked something else.
House of the Dragon takes place in a fantasy world. Why would you rate it for accuracy when there's nothing to compare it to?
Loading a flintlock is backwards in her directions. Im aware its a bit specific but. Always gunpowder 1st. Then wad and den .......
I came looking for this comment. The whole video was topsy turvey for me after she said this and I am going to lament about it for far too long. She got paid for the video and god bless her she is a pirate bloody historian, so I hope she never sees this comment. But yes, you definitely do not load the ball first in to a flintlock.
Thanks! I'm not a flintlock expert but I get physics and was like: if you load the the ball first it's not going to work.
@@carlosarvizu7044 also if you place the gunpowder in and then ram the ball in it also wont work, you need to save some gun powder to place on the pan which the flint would then spark and ignite the powder inside the gun.
Ya, that made issues for me. An "expert" getting something as simple and basic as how you load a pistol, and they didn't catch it in post and let that glaring flaw through... It makes everything else she says suspect. Like she claimed that you would use a cutlass for thrusting? Not that they couldn't be, or that they weren't, but saying it that way suggests that it is ONLY or MAINLY used as a thrusting weapon. But when you look it up it is listed as a slashing weapon. I just wish they had her go over the info again and check to make sure she wasn't rambling and misstating facts since it makes it harder to believe that she is an expert.
Thank you for this. Powder THAN ball and patch. Take your ramrod (a stick thing), ram the charge home to the breech, return ramrod. Pour small amount of powder in the flash pan, close the hammer over the pan. Cock the lock to full cock, aim, fire.
4:38 That arrow is pointing to the HMS Dauntless. The Interceptor is the ship that is docked.
And the Interceptor (AKA Lady Washington) is a ship that, once off the dock, can be handled by two people... poorly. Maybe not with one green hand but that's within movie reality for me.
6:15 her way to load a flintlock pistol would be a huge surprise for both parties.
Came into the comments to say the same. Her weapons knowledge is shameful.
@@hueco5002 Well, she has a PhD in history, I'm sure she can get away with "shameful" knowledge of how to load a flintlock pistol.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez to add to her terrible knowledge, she calls Jack Sparrows shirt a 'white tunic'... Um no... It's a shirt, a tunic is from a long time before the times of piracy. Then she calls the pirate hat a tricorne! It wasn't called a tricorne until the late Victorians! It was referred to as a cocked hat and would certainly have not been made from leather like Jack Sparrows one. It would have been made from wool. Like... If she doesn't know, she really shouldn't be talking about it as an authority and spreading misinformation
I guess she would basically shoot her self 😂
@@oskarg5698 the word tunic isn't only used for Roman ones, you literally have modern dresses called "tunics", as it IS a tricorne hat, DUH... it not being called that way back then, no sh%$, they didn't talk in 21st century English, and she doesn't talk in yarrrr old timey Englishe in this video shiver mah timbers.
8:38 the in lore explanation is Jack got the Pearl from formerly working for the East Indian Trade company (The pearl is based on what ships from the company did look like), before turning to piracy against selling slaves, making more sense since the British bought a warship for him to protect trade
Also the ship at 21:14 is actually the pearl before it got it's black design from being burned and rebuilt by davy jones, hemce the black color comes from burns and new sails
Assassins Creed: Black Flag , prob the most fun I've had in a game after Halo series.
Is a fantastic game!
Hands down. You can feel the salt on your lips and the wood creaking under your feet when the shanties start.
Also silly that it's still the best pirate game. Didn't Ubisoft just make a pirate game that is a direct ripoff of the boat combat, but somehow made it bad?
It's a shame they fucked up skull and bones. ACIV is on par with PIRATES! imo in terms of fun and being able to return to it over the years easily. Holds up like crazy
I see you are a man of culture as well!
Glad Black Sails got mentioned several times. Great show!
I was hoping “the black spot” would’ve gotten mentioned from several pirate movies.
The Black Spot was a fictional invention by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island a couple decades after the end of the golden age.
@-Einherjar_ black sails? How so? I assume you say that as it broadly relates to your profession but assuming you’re not a pirate and the era of modern day to whatever time period the show takes place, I don’t see how it could be deemed so extreme as “disgraceful”.
@-Einherjar_ I haven’t watched the show in a long time so remind me where the lgbt angle came in
@-Einherjar_ dude the last season came out 8 years ago. A lot has happened in that time in my life that I can’t recall everything about the show. All I remember was that I enjoyed it thoroughly. I do remember now about Flint but I don’t really care. It’s not that big a deal. You’re welcome to have your feelings and be turned off by the show but I thought, and still think, it’s great.
Also for the reasons you disliked the show, idk why you felt it necessary to identify your occupation as it has nothing to do with those reasons.
There was no such thing as the Black Spot, that was purely fictional and created by Robert Louis Stevenson for his book Treasure Island
Very disappointed about the omission of Muppet Treasure Island from this summary
In Myanmar history, many Portugal pirates served as mercanaries of Burmese kings. Their descendents can be seen at villages near Mandalay. Still they inherited green or blue eyes with Iberian peninsula looks. Also still worship Christianity.
The most famous and successful Portugues pirate was De Britoe who became governor of big port city with huge army. Later he tried to conquer more land with rogue Burmese prince and then both of them were impaled to death by Burmese King.
Nassau definitely had a fleet of priate ships protecting it. Black Sails has a fictional battle where Nassau gets assulted, which is shown here. But Nassau 100% would have been protected as shown here by a fleet of every ship in the bay with Hornigold as the admiral. Yes Teach, Rackham and Bonny never assulted the pirate capitol but if they had this should be fairly accurate.
Black Sails should’ve won awards for more than just visual effects.
-" Pirates didn't use swords, they use this "
-Pulls out a sword
(see top comment about cutlasses not having much in common with swords)
@@thehobo00 A cutlass is a specific type of sword..... That's like saying grizzlies don't have much in common with bears
Cutlasses, Rapiers, Greatswords, shortswords, etc are all swords. They vary drastically in shape, use, and function, but are all still swords.
@@Artyomthewalrus Pretty much every practitioner or expert on the subject on the subject will differentiate a Cutlass from a Sword of any distinction. Because it's not used like a sword. It's not really built like a sword. Etc... It is a sharp, curved piece of metal with a very specific purpose and nowhere near as much utility or versatility as an actual sword.
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@@Artyomthewalrus fr though yeah I agree they're swords (even though I never actually said they weren't), they're just not used in the same way that a typical finesse weapon like a longsword, rapier or what have you would be wielded. I'm sure many people watching this video are subscribed to Skallagrim or other HEMA TH-camrs (myself included) so we know that technically it's a sword or "swordlike object," but if you go from a layman's perspective there is a big difference between knowing how to use a longsword, with its proper fighting styles, guards, ripostes, etc, etc and and a Cutlass, which by comparison is a very simple, slashy stabby thing with a handguard. Much easier to pick up a Cutlass and know how to use it than a sabre or something, and that's what the lady in the video was getting at I think. Not everyone knows all about swords so I think it's important to come at it from that perspective
0:56 'Sparklers and candles' in Blackbeards beard? Really? I've always read that it was slow burning cannon fuses.
yeah not the best descriptor. I can see some small candles on the hat if he so chose but I agree not the best choice of words. Although to be fair when you are creating something for mass consumption you would use words they are more familiar with.
She doesn't know what a cannon fuse is, so her brain reaches for something familiar to compare it to
Actually neither are true. He definitely did not do that. General History of the Pyrates in 1724 said he did, but you know what the only physical description of Blackbeard is? A man from 1718 saying to a newspaper, he was tall and had a big beard. That's it. Everything about the burning ropes is after he died and honestly just try doing that yourself and see how uncomfortable it is.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez to be honest it seemed a bit far fetched having to constantly be breathing that in. That being said we don't have proof that he didn't and leaning into a growing legend is something you would do. Perhaps he just put some fuses in his hat away from his own face? Although with how dangerous fire is on a ship that could also be a no go
@@sethhogberg3620 Most pirate information is from trial transcripts or newspapers. I assure you, a newspaper would have printed this if anyone had witnessed it. None did, not the Boston News Herald, Not the Boston Gazette, none. Lieutenant Robert Maynard never mentioned it in his letters after killing Blackbeard and the trials of his crews afterwards makes no mention.
The first mention as I said is General History of the Pyrates in 1724, probably edited by Nathaniel Mist a Jacobite printer who didn't leave London and whom many more legends including multiple marriages arises from.
After watching this vid, I get the idea that Oda-sensei got the name of his One Piece characters from actual pirates from history. This is one part of history that still amazes me, though the existence of these pirates are less of being free and more of being tropical Vikings with bigger ships with cannons
Pirate sloops and long boats were actually about the same size, on average long boats were actually a bit longer as they are mostly around 60 feet, sloops tend to cap out at 60 feet but many were smaller.
Most of them are named after irl pirates/sailors in the past. Kidd, Jewelry Bonney, X Drake, etc. You could tell Oda sensei did a lot of research when making One Piece.
@@q_tfiaw I mean, yes on the names, but it's worth noting that in over 1000 chapters/episodes, there is almost no actual piracy in One Piece, in the sense of pirates raiding civilian vessels. You get a bit in episode 1, and basically nothing after that.
I'm not complaining, it's obviously not even trying for historical accuracy, but a 'pirate' in OP is basically 'anyone who travels by sea and the World Government doesn't like'...which given OP's world is like 95% sea and the WG are arseholes, is a _brooooad_ category.
Only one of the straw hats, though. Roronoa Zoro was named after the Japanese pronunciation of François L'Ollonais, one of the most brutal of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
@@merrymachiavelli2041 one piece world doesn't differentiate between pirates , adventures and explorers. They are all classified under pirates. There are a lot of real pirates in one piece especially cruel ones who attacks and rob civilians. They explains it pretty well in film red
I got the impression from the original novel that the whole "going after buried treasure" thing was basically unheard of, and the pirates were so hot for it because they figured it would be a guaranteed risk-free payday if they could only get themselves a ship again and make it back to where Flint had stashed his goodies. God damn Treasure Island is a ridiculously good book.
I should probably politely note in real life, pirate ship battles are very rare things. Most of the time a ship surrenders without a fight because the crew is outnumbered. A fight usually means something went wrong.
Maynards fight with Blackbeard is the most classical idea of a pirate fight but its basically the only one. Jonathan Barnets encounter with John Rackam can barely be considered a fight, over in a minute after one volley. Bartholomew Roberts died early from grapeshot when fighting HMS Swallow.
Also ship sizes tended to go up in the Indian Ocean, Henry Everys Fancy was larger then say, Stede Bonnets Revenge. Being on the open ocean allows for bigger ships.
Stede Bonnet was captured in a larger battle than the one Blackbeard died in
@@paranormal17 It was. Also somewhat more dramatic, getting stuck in a river and fighting for hours with William Rhett.
It largely depended on the time period. The pirates of the early 1700s typically went after weak merchantmen that would surrender without a fight, but the buccaneers of the 1630s-1690s were well regarded for their bravery, and would often deliberately target warships and would get into combat at sea quite often. If you're interested in pirates more for the flashy battles, I suggest reading more about the pacific venture, one of the few pacific ocean pirate voyages of the golden age of piracy, which took place during the height of the buccaneering period. The pirates involved in that voyage wrote extensive first hand accounts of it, and described getting into combat multiple times.
I'd also like to suggest the youtube channel Gold and Gunpowder, I know the guy who runs it personally and he does some fantastic research into the topics he discusses, far more than just reading through wikipedia pages, the guy really knows his stuff.
@@hannie330 This is true, unfortunately the Buccaneers era characterized by figures like Bartholomew Sharp and Henry Morgan isn't particularly well known and for some people, its just skipped over as being apart of the Golden Age altogether.
It definitely is the most battle heavy of the three eras and it could get rather intense in ways the 1710s Caribbean never could.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Yeah. It's unfortunate that it doesn't get discussed as much as the later years of the golden age of piracy, as in my opinion it's the most fascinating part of that era.
Buried treasure is generally like an urban legend, as opposed to more myth-like legends like Flying Dutchman or the Kraken, it's more realistic, so we think it's more grounded in reality. But most hidden treasure map legends are just that, even if not linked to pirates.
the kraken is real.... so
also look up oak island the only thing you got right was the flying dutchman yeah that is a myth
yup it orriginates in the book treasure island. which is highly fictional and from the late 1800s lol
@@kaffemachine102 it was my fav book as a kid! But I am sure treasure maps existed before and after, it's just Treasure Island is SO GOOD, everyone started copying it and tropes from it became stereotypes.
As in: ALL pirates have a wooden leg, sing about rum, bury their treasure, have a pet parrot, and strut with a swagger like Doctor Livesey! xD
Zheng Yi Sao was the most infamous pirate out there, I listened into one of those history podcasts. She commanded 1,800 ships and over something like 60,000 people. Maybe Bartholomew Roberts was the most infamous pirate in the Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea.
But hey, it doesn't count because only white people do amirite (inb4 comments reeeeeeing that pirates in China or Japan or otherwise outside of Disney setting don't count, somehow)
she wasnt a traditional pirate. she commited piracy, but it was around china, not in the carribbean sea. Different time and place, so like i said she cannot be concidered a traditional pirate, because she wasnt one. The most infamous traditional pirate, and arguable the most infamous pirate in general is Edward Teach AKA Black beard.
@@kaffemachine102as far as i know a pirate is a Robber at sea the didn't discriminate between where they operated
The most famous pirate of the Med was Barbarossa. He and his brothers commanded dozens of galleys. They eventually took the city of Algiers and formed an independent state, then joined the Ottoman Empire for protection. He ended his career as admiral for the Ottoman fleet.
Like Zheng Yi Sao, he is far from the romantic idea of the Caribbean pirate captain. It's a private organization that manages land and performs privateering under the protection of larger political powers.
Was she the one that History on Fire did a multi episode podcast of?
"Pirates wouldn't fight with swords, they'd fight with this." *PULLS OUT A SWORD.*
Actually a cutlass isn't technically a sword within historical contexts and is classified as a type of saber... Historians and armorers often refer to and consider larger single-edged blades intended mostly for slashing and cutting to be kind of their own thing, whereas a "sword" (such as a rapier or medieval arming sword for example) is usually going to be a straight double edged blade longer than 12" (30cm) and designed primarily as a thrusting/stabbing weapon. A straight double-edged blade measuring 30cm or less is considered to be a "dagger" or "dirk" (no, not a knife lol). In reality the standards for these naming conventions can be rather arbitrary as there is no "official" length standard or cutoff by which a dagger would be labeled as a "sword". The 12" or 30cm limit is more of a commonly held belief for simplicity's sake rather than an actual 'hard and fast' rule. Generally speaking a blade is dubbed a "sword" or a "dagger"/"dirk" based on certain factors that lend to its overall combat effectiveness such as agility, versatility, and range/reach.
In any case I can totally understand how to the layman these differences and terminologies might seem overwhelmingly pedantic, and admittedly I can totally comprehend your frustration. Frankly it does seem a bit needlessly confusing for an expert to introduce specialized terminology and classifications to an otherwise uninitiated audience. I mean surely she had to have known and understood that basically everyone and anyone who sees a large edged weapon immediately thinks "sword", right? Like all specifics aside a large one-handed or two-handed bladed weapon is just a friggin' sword to most, at least as far as the average person is concerned; so holding up a cutlass and proudly declaring to the audience that "This is not a sword!" just seems pointlessly contrarian and entirely unnecessarily confusing. Completely accurate given the subject matter mind you, but perhaps not the best or most tactful approach all things considered.
@@jaketheripper7385 Bro. Chill.
its a sword calm down @@jaketheripper7385
@@SJR4815 he's right tho.
@@jaketheripper7385lol shut up bro
0:33 Black Sails
1:51 Our Flag Means Death
4:29 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
10:28 Peter Pan
11:39 Treasure Island
13:56 Black Sails
16:23 One Piece
18:10 House of the Dragon
20:09 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
$2.75 - Apple in Dominica
$3.15 - Cherry in Haiti
$2.55 - Pecan in St. Kitts
These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.
it is criminal you dont have more likes than this
Pie rats ahoy!
some ppl should get* paid for their comments 😸💖
Ngl, pecan pie sounds pretty damn good right now.
Grooooaaaannnn!
The Cornish accent isn't too inappropriate, a lot of sailors of that period would come from southern England, and have an accent somewhat like that.
Many also came from Scotland and Ireland 😊
They came from all around the world, not only england
That’s the prevailing theory anyway. And also that the Plymouth accent has been influenced by Welsh/irish/scots accents over the years.
Also generally speaking, there’s a lot of like glorifying pirates and then historians defending them, but for the most part they were conscripted as children into a pretty horrible naval industrial complex and had a a great deal in common with e.g Somali pirates of today.
Obv there’s more to it than that but there’s really not a lot of difference between ‘I’m the captain now’ and ‘yarr oi be Blackbeard and oi’se commandeering this vessel’, except the latter was ostensibly sponsored as an extension of the Royal Navy for a while
@@elgatonegro1703 Spot on! There's a really good book about this called The Wager by David Grann (author of Killers of the Flower Moon). It's based on a true story/possible mutiny. It talks about the lives of buccaneers from all over the UK on one ship. Really worth the read.
Robert Newton was from Dorset NOT Cornwall
she explains everything so well omg. im from the caribbean and hearing her discuss some things we learnt in school was cool :)
I think the ratings for Black Sails need some context. I would have liked to hear her talk about the diversity in the crew like she did with Disney, and about the politics of running a crew that Black Sails does amazingly well. It’s a prequel to Treasure Island that uses real historical elements, so I think it’s good to clarify it wasn’t going for complete historical accuracy.
It’s a 10/10 show with amazing acting, writing, and music. It’s on Netflix, anyone who likes pirates or shows like Vikings, Game of Thrones, The Last Kingdom, etc should check it out.
I just finished it yesterday and I am NOT okay
@@kaivdm04 yeah i know lmao. i know
Since when is a cutlass, or any short sword, not a sword?
From a fencing perspective (which is what matters for her analysis there), a cutlass has very little in common with a sword. As she mentions, it is very small, has little reach, it's held near the body, it's made for close quarters and it's used for both cutting and thrusting.
By contrast, a shortsword is thinner so lighter and faster, slightly longer, held in front of you; it is used for thrusting and can be used in rooms, but you need to work on your footwork nonetheless, and it'd be inefficient in cramped spaces like aboard a ship.
(Of course, the cutlass is even further removed from a longsword which wouldn't work at all on a ship due to being too cumbersome, both in and out of combat.)
Source: I practice HEMA fencing.
There is a place for linguistics, and one might argue that you can call anything sharp or pointy with a handle a sword as long as you're understood, but this is not that place; as a matter of fencing, and with respect to the point she's making, a cutlass is no more a sword than a sweihander.
That's an interesting perspective; but it seems to come from a very narrow definition of what a sword is. I would define a zweihander as a large, two handed sword, but a sword all the same. A gladius is roughly the same length as that cutlass, and used in the same fashion, and I don't think anyone would claim it's not a sword. To me the definition of sword is actually pretty broad. Like, when does a very large seaxe become sword, or how long of a handle do you have to put on a falx before it becomes a polearm?
@@momom6197so a gladius isn’t a sword either then or a falcata or kopis or any other of the numerous shorter swords?
A lot of historians like to make this distinction: sword used for double-edged, and other terms for single-edged.
It's stupid, but deh.
They are full of such oddities, for example: they also like to call the thrust-centric bronze swords "rapiers".
I think it comes down to the academic's need for classification, when historically, things were much more blurry.
@@amaurylorin6018
What you call "shortsword" is actually called a "smallsword".
As for inefficient in cramped quarters, it's predominantly a thrusting weapon (some versions exclusively), and since on average is not much longer than a cutlass, it's about as effective.
The cutlass was preferred on ships for its cutting ability - especially for the rigging.
Yes, you can use a boarding axe for that, but axes are not as good for self-defense as swords.
Both you and her are bullshitting people, and for a so-called HEMA practitioner, you should be better than that.
@amaurylorin6018 A gladius is about the same size as a cutlass and it's considered a sword. Nice try.
I really wanted to see the Muppet Treasure Island on here.
Me too.
It's also worth mentioning that the British abolished the death penalty except for one offense... Piracy.
Henry Every actually rose to the greatest crack of all (which means that he could enjoy his prey in peace). Not only did he capture one of the fattest ships ever, but he also got hold of the pretty princess who was supposed to be taken to her groom on the ship. He married her. It is even very likely that he lived in England. And then he spent his loot (around 4,000 annual salaries of a typical British employee, e.g. a clerk) in peace and quiet...
I absolutely love the tropey pirates of Pirates of the Caribbean. I know a lot is inaccurate buts its so fun, it is nice to know that they did add some accurate things into them though.
Cutlass not a sword? Since when?
Simce 2 days ago apparently. But i dont follow that curriculum.
Only if it cuts less than a sword!
OW OW STOPPIT OW
A sailor knife?
The semantics of swords is complex and not especially relevant to this video...
Cutlasses were as much cutting tools as weapons, too. In much of the carribean today, the term "cutlass" now refers to a machete!
It's because there's a standard for how long a blade has to be for it to be considered a sword. There's knife, dagger, short sword, cutlass, standard, longsword, broadsword. I don't know the specific lengths of each one, but I can see the differences in my mind's eye.
The Black Pearl being a rare type of ship for the type fits in-universe. It reinforces why Jack is so obsessed and attached to it. And in the later films, it shows what he sacrificed to have it raised from the depths.
The cockney accent doesn’t refer to every English accent other than the queens english, it’s from a specific part of London
cockney accent refers to the queens English? go back to school. yes its specific region of London weirdly the queens English was just for highborn toffs didn't matter if they were in London or Scotland.
@@ashleytaylor7621 read my comment 🙄
4:40 wrong. That's not HMS Interceptor, that's HMS Dauntless. HMS Interceptor was the much smaller brig that Jack and Will wound up in.
WHAT? NO Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World on the list?
that's shameful, very underrated movie
its not about pirates though
It was more of an anti-privateer action.
It’s straight up a naval movie. British Navy vs French Navy.
doesnt contain pirates unfortunately
Pirate movie scenes, being the key words.
'They were Veterans of war going after pirates' Imagine sending out ex navy seals to catch some robbers. I know this isn’t really an accurately description but it made me laugh a bit hahaha
I mean, literally US Navy fighting against Houthis in the sea is modern day equivalent, or any other fleet facing Somalian pirates... weapons change but piracy is always a thing and sometimes it needs entire naval force to stop it.
@@KasumiRINA ah interesting! I know nothing about this topic so you got me interested there, thank you for explaining!
This is fascinating! I could listen to her talk about pirates all day.
She sucks ar weapons
shes got a few things wrong, and a few things vague. i feel like she doesnt always know what shes talking about. but sure.
@@kaffemachine102 she’s literally a professor on pirates. It takes 8-10 years of study to receive a doctorate. She’s studied them nearly her whole life. You’re just someone on the internet. I’m fairly positive she knows what she’s talking about more than you do.
@@midnitest0rmjust because you study pirates for 8-10 years doesn’t mean you know everything and get everything right, it’s possible to be wrong even if you have a doctorate about pirates believe it or not. Doesn’t matter if you’ve studied for 10 years, if your wrong, your wrong
"They'd have a more-Cockney-ish accents"
Yeah, if they are from East London
She knows a lot more than ME, obviously, and was liking giving only a brief answer (or had her answer cut by editing), but it appears the biggest English sailing ports at the time were: London, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Liverpool.
In London, you're probably going to get Cockney; in Liverpool, you'll get a Northern accent; however, Plymouth IS where you'd find a lot of British sailors with Cornish accents. (and to a lesser degree, Portsmouth, which has the very similar, "South Country" accent, I expect).
This lady might know "pirates" but she has no idea about Captain Jack Sparrow.
Wow. It’s almost like she studies real pirates instead of fictional ones.
@@Misogynisticfeminist What are you on about? Captain Jack Sparrow is the greatest pirate to have ever lived.
@@HeWhoShams Greatest? He must be the worst pirate I’ve ever seen.
@@Misogynisticfeminist I am just going to assume you rode the short bus
The way Jack actually obtained the black pearl was that when he was in the employ of the East India Trading company, that was the ship given to him.
When you get your pirate historian from wish lol
What?
She's a historian who doesn't know how the main weapon of her specialty era loads lol @@KingNerdius
@@Real11BangBang what are you talking about
The flintlock part was hilarious and the fact that she said cannons is insane
Her: "He's probably thinking about other girls"
Him: "If Blackbeard wore sparklers in his beard, how did he not set himself on fire?"
The lack of mention of the legendary Zheng Yi Sao is devastating. She was also one of the most successful pirates and a woman AND led a pirate fleet.
Pirate Historian must rank up there with the coolest job roles
depends on your definition of cool. I did partake in a research project about piracy (specifically in northern Europe during the late middle-ages, with focus on the North-Sea and Baltics) and it is increadibly interesting BUT: you mainly search to the equivalent of small-claims court cases in order to get some sort of real picture about historical piracy and even IF you find something, usually it's the only mention of a person whatsoever.
Don't get me wrong, the topic is increadibly interesting and one of historys topics where even the fundamentals are heavily debated (specifically because interest in scientific research is VERY recent as far as historical topics go) but as it stands right now there are not many people who focus on it and even more in the scientific community that (sort of) look down on it (it is considered pretty "nerdy" of a topic and not widely seen as something worth of major attention, though I don't share the sentiment).
@@peerschulz2029 Same. I've done research and papers on piracy, lot of time going through archives and going well, this similar named pirate might be the similar spelling person a town over but its impossible to say and xyz story from General History likely has no basis in reality.
I do enjoy it a lot though.
2:19 "Pirates didn't fight with swords." _immediately pulls out sword_
According to her, a cutlass is not a sword.
@@andywap3 Does it cut less?
@@matthewcox7985I mean if you hit something with the wrong side of it lol
For the flintlock pistol:Put in the little bullet, then use the stick, then load the black powder, huh? Sure about that?
probably referring to how you load the powder twice, one down the muzzle, again in the pan. what is real criminal is she doesn't mention the wadding. its powder, wadding, bullet, powder.
She might have been talking about the chamber for the primer pin
There's a historical Sylvester the Cat cartoon I believe she got this from.
@@itshunni8346genuine question: why do you put powder again after the projectile?
@@demeter-the-great It goes in the pan, the part of the flintlock under the flint and the lock. it is put there, and the white hot shards of flint from the action ignite it, there is tap hole into the barrel that the powder is in that lets the flame reach the powder in the barrel, firing the bullet.
I think she meant to say “saber” and not sword, because a cutlass is essentially a shortened saber.
The concept of naming sword by particular name is pretty recent, at the time it was just called a sword
Maybe not, because she could also be saying that they most likely wouldn't use any sword longer than a "short sword," like a cutlass. I was actually surprised to find out that, while this is mostly true, there were pirates who preferred the use longer swords, like rapiers, they were just in the minority and most wanted shorter weapons due to close quarters, and those that did use those longer types, tended to be the minority who did have fighting experience. Back in those days people got a lot less hung up on using the very specific word for a thing and were most likely to just call something a sword or a knife than to use the specific words like cutlass, saber, dagger, dirk, etc. Who knows, though, and props for saying it's just what you were thinking rather than you knew or it was what she should say. Sometimes we just don't know for sure what the person meant by what they said or if the meant to say it a bit differently or more specifically. 🫡
A sabre (and a cutlass, for that matter) is a...wait for it...sword. Honestly couldn't watch after that. That and when she tried telling people how to thrust with it. I'm pretty sure the comedy was unintentional.
@@erincooke9732 She never... Wait for it... Actually said a cutlass wasn't a short sword. she was probably just referring to the broad category of swords which the majority of pirates didn't use and then showed the specific kind of short sword most of them did use, which is the cutlass. A cutlass also has a... Wait for it... Point, which means that it can be used to thrusting and, depending on the features of the sword, there are various techniques to thrust with them more effectively. Also, she is an expert in pirate history, so if you chose to ignore the rest of this video because she didn't say something about swords and short swords, a very small facet of the subject in which she is an expert, exactly how you would like, then you missed the main point of the video. Ya know, kinda like you missed the poit of the uhhh POINT on a cutlass. These crticisms in this comments section are ridiculous...
@@erincooke9732a sword is a Bladed weapon, just as a sabre is, they have different definitions and are names by style. Similar to how cars are not all just cars, their are ford cars and Nissan cars and mitsubishi cars. There are swords, sabres, katanas so on and so forth.
9:32 What Disney also did right (and a lot of other media didn't) is that they were basically make clothing when taking part of crewmembers, the few known female pirates were crossdressing on the ship.
As an avid flintlock shooter I can say she has the loading sequence completely arse about.
In a military scenario they would have pre measured charges. You would rip it open with your teeth, then fill the pan, the remainder poured down the bore. The paper cartridges would have a ball enclosed you would then ram home the ball and paper cartridge with the latter acting as wadding.
Civilians would typically have a horn or flask. They would measure out the powder, pour it down the barrel then either put in a ball followed by wadding or a patch with a ball over top to create a tight seal. The former for smoothbore and latter for rifled bores. After that had been rammed home you would prime the pan and then you’re good to go.
sorry you fill the pan before turning the gun towards you and ramming the ball down???? ouch dude you fucked yourself there no no no you pour the powder down the barrel then ram the ball AND THEN you pour on the pan rookie rookie mistake. why in gods name would you cock and prime your weapon before you've even loaded the thing?? what if you hit the hammer when loading and ramming the ball now you've just blown your face off....
by avid do you mean you've watched a lot of pirates of the Caribbean?
thank you
asking a historian to rate the historian accuracy of fuckin One Piece is wild. it's a TV show based on a manga where characters regularly have superhuman characteristics lol
Idk if The editor just did her dirty or what, but she literally said with HOTD Oh yeah, in the early days of pirating, they would use land-based strongholds and yeah see how the captain isn’t fighting in the battle that’s accurate. They wouldn’t fight in the battle so I’m gonna give it an 1/10……….. Huh!??? 😭😭😭
7:55 This is so funny to me "We may be outlaws, but we are not lawless.". Just the idea that there was something like an Official Pirate with rules and regulations is just so funny. It's so human, wherever we go we install Laws.
The moment we are more than 1 person we need to establish trust, so some ground rules are always needed
Three movies I would like to have seen her rate are: "Captain Blood", "The Seahawks", and "The Spanish Main".
Which Sea Hawk? There were two.
Fun fact: Jack Rackham aka Calico Jack made the Jolley Roger/iconic black flag, well at least the first iteration of it.
"Oh, so you work for billionaires and agencies, or like for conservationists or anthropologists?"
"Oh, no. Nothing so exciting like that. I said PIRATE historian."
Love that Our Flag Means Death was the highest rated… also, had no clue Steve Bonnet was a real person!
**stede bonnet
Play Assassins Creed: Black Flag
meany characters were actually real from that game@@vsznry
Ofmd sucks
@@activelyrandom7652 Are the main characters gay for eachother?
There would have been a number of Cornish pirates because many were sailors and smugglers. Working on the coast would lead to that.
A cutlass is a type of wide, cutting sword that was developed by navies from infantry hanger swords. They weren't really in use in the golden age of piracy because they hadn't really been developed by then.
So they had small swords, side swords, rapiers, Daos, sabres, hanger sabers, shamshirs, kilijs...
I feel like it's a big detail to leave out that unlike pirates, privateers were legally allowed to engage in piracy. Most would be issued a letter of marque which is just written permission from your king to be a pirate. The only real difference being if you were captured without such a letter you and your crew would be executed but if you had one you were supposed to be treated as a prisoner of war or even released depending on who caught you and what you were doing when they did
She said it’s “pretty much impossible” to steal a ship with only two people. Clearly she doesn’t know Jack Sparrow enough.
All jokes aside, I enjoy these videos. Both informative and entertaining.
Correction it's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow; that's important. Now I need to go hide the rum least he breaks into the rum cellar again.
What bugged me was that this was addressed in universe.
It is essentially impossible to rig and sail a ship like that. However if you can have someone else rig the ship for you...
@@Devenix8527 Why is the rum always gone?
@@commanderiosifstalin4938 'Stumbles around while walking'
Oh that's why. Gonna need to restock (At least Captain Jack Sparrow didn't get in this time)
@@JPINFV still unrealistic. why did ALL the crew assault the ship where Jack was on? Then the other one would be impossible to control in any less than ideal condition for the whole travel.
"Commandeer" means "to take command of". You cannot commandeer a ship whose captain and vast majority of the crew are somewhere else. It comes from Dutch-Afrikaans and was specifically meant to describe a situation where a government official said, "This ship now works for the government (me). Go there and do as I say." So Jack Sparrow's line is incorrect at 4:32.
Black Sails is such an awesome show. I think I have watched the series through like 3 or 4 times.
thank you so much for citing your sources! I'm happy to hear that most of my pirate story is historically accurate, time to do some more ship research...
Perfect timing. I’m in my pirates phase
This was a great video to watch! And Dr. Simon was not only knowledgeable but a pleasure to listen to. Thx
A cutlass is a sword, much the way a falchion, scimitar or other short slashing swords were.
And there is nothing inherently inaccurate about a flintlock pistol. Slow to load and reload yes. Accuracy was related to rifling, and many flintlock pistols were rifled, but even most smoothbore were accurate enough at reasonable ranges. The bigger issue is that the powder would have been drenched by their underwater escapades on the way to the ship.
She may know history, but she does not know much about historical weapons.
absolutely wrong, a sword is a double edged weapon that has a fuller a cross guard and the blade is over 12" long and is used for thrusting thats the literal definition of a sword if its single edged its not a sword. katana is not a sword, a falchion not a sword an axe not a sword.
@@ashleytaylor7621the literal definition of a cutlass is a broad sabre or a slashing sword. Boo Womp
The Chinese pirate queen, Zheng Yi Sao, had several hundred ships and upwards of 80,000 men in her fleet. Although rare, I am surprised the historian didn't mention her.
0:21 she mentions her focus areas, caribbean and coast of america.
@@mojoblues66her website states "Rebecca is a historian of piracy from all time periods and geographic locations." Maybe the scope of the video is limited to the Caribbean and coast of America(s).
she wasnt a traditional pirate. i dont like when people talk about her in the conext of traditional pirates. she doesnt belong.
I'm happy that you choose The Curse of the Black Pearl as your favorite pirate movie.
Great analysis - one small criticism - there are no "ropes" on a boat. They are generically called lines, or specifically by function - ie halyards, warps, sheets, whips or stays. This is important because there are obviously lots of "ropes" on a boat, so following an order to "pull on the rope' for example would be confusing, whereas an order to 'pull on the halyard' would be specific and easily understand for the crew. Sorry to be a pedant, but the importance of clarity is essential to sailors under pressure. Any thorough sailing course drums this into yacht crews.
The thing about the Articles is it was a ship by ship basis. No two ships had the same articles (outside fleets sailing under a single commander)
Pirate Historian sound like someone raiding other Historians for their research. :D
No Captain Blood??? We skipped the classic swash and buckle magic of Errol Flynn? Say it ain't so!!!
You got the ships wrong on Pirates of the Caribbean. The smaller one is the interceptor, which is why he points at it and says 'were stealing that ship'. They re board it from the big ship later cause the small ships rigging is 'done' so they can sail it with 2 people (Idk how that stuff works I'm not a pirate).
Still too big for two people to commandeer
He pointed at the Dauntless. One, you then got the joke that "he's the worst pirate" because they can't handle the bigger ship with two people, and two, you got the reveal that his real target was the Interceptor (which they still couldn't handle, but hey, go with it).
Would have been a good Mythbusters episode. Adam and Jamie trying to sail a ship that big.
Black Sails is arguably the most realistic piece of media involving piracy and naval warfare
Master and Commander is by far the most realistic piece of media about naval warfare in the Age of Sail. Black Sails is very good though
@@cleverusername9369 You might be right, i didn't watched Master and Commander. Is it good?
@@arthurmont-morency5027 it's an absolute masterpiece. Widely regarded by historians as the most historically accurate and authentic movie ever made. It's fantastic, one of my favorite movies
"No pirate in their right mind" she says watching a clip of Captain Jack Sparrow
I cringed when she said they were working class so they would have a 'cockneyish accent'. Cockney is the accent of the east end of London. The UK has literally dozens and dozens of accents, especially at this time when people didn't travel as much and people weren't exposed to other ways of speaking. The fact that Bristol and Plymouth, both in the west country, were major ports at this time and that Cornwall produces a lot of fishermen, meant that there was probably more chance that they may have had a Cornwall accent as cockney. But there were also major ports in Portsmouth, Liverpool, Southampton, Hull to name a few just in England, where they would have had their own accents. This is before we take Scotland, Wales and Ireland into account.
That was a very generous analysis. Because she has no problem giving the movies a break, I take it more seriously when she doesn't.
While watching House of the Dragons, I never realized the Crabfeeder's army was actually supposed to be pirates. I thought they were a cult or something
Just want to tell everyone that Black Sails is an amazing show and everyone should watch it asap.
Love that i recognize so many of these names because of playing AC Black Flag
Y E S
What about Skull and Bones the first AAAA game in gaming history. 🥵
Everyday I learn a lot with the specialists. I would like to thank you for these postings, since they are very rich and valuable in knowledge.
5:05...
Not gonna mention the way AIR under WATER works?? At all???
Mythbusters did a full episode on specifically that, it works and watch that for the explanation.
@@Bigbooster126 just looked that up on TH-cam
It totally does NOT work lmao
Boat totally makes them float lol
Even with an extra 60 pounds of weight on each of them
Then even anchored to the bottom with like a ton of weight, still no go lol
@@RedBeerdMaybe you want to talk about how realistic it is to have a bunch of skeletal pirates walking under the moonlight?
@@Bigbooster126 What are you talking about bruh? That episode literally proved that it doesn't work.
This was such a good watch! Ty for your knowledge
I could not be happier they included Our Flag Means Death!!! I adore that show!
16:22 I was thinking vaguely "wouldn't it be funny if they included One Piece (animated or live action) in this video" but then dismissed that thought as absurd pretty much immediately. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AND DELIGHT
Would you call the black pearl a man of war or a merchant galleon used by pirates? I don’t think it was shown carrying as many guns as even a frigate and the raised stern castle also makes me think galleon.
I think in the lore, it's an East Indiaman that Jack steals from Cutler Beckett. So, an armed merchant ship. A spanish galleon would have been closer to what Salazar was sailing. They were massive, heavily armed, and no joke for pirates to take on.
the pearl was originally used to transport slaves and was a merchant ship
its a galleon
its a frigate, its got like 40 guns lol. Also galleons are not what you think they are.
@@ashleytaylor7621 nope
i know its about pirates but i never really thought the one piece anime nor the live action show was actually trying to be historically accurate about pirates
Sorry but did this historian really say that when loading a pistol you put the shot in first and then the gunpowder? 😳
She stupid when it comes to weapons
The video is pretty interesting to see and it exapanded my knowledge, thank you 😊 ...there is just one little thing I need to note - during the last clip from POTC: Dead Men Tell No Tales the historian makes a mistake when calling the pirate ship an "accurate small single-decked sloop", because the pirate ship in the scene, a Wicked Wench, is actually Black Pearl herself before becoming a pirate ship (very shortly and easily said), because few clips earlier the historian uses Black Pearl as an example of a not very realistic pirate ship, comparing her to a man-o'-war in terms of size and again reminding that much smaller sloops would be more common. However, I understand she just needed a base for that part of her speech about bigger and more armed ship eventually being easily overmaneuvered and defeated by much smaller and faster ships, even less armed.
Not calling a cutlass a sword is like not calling a dog a canine
that like saying a bike is basically a car, are you actually that dumb or?
so its made of metal and its sharp ergo a sword?
Either her or another 1800's ship expert reacts to Return of the Obra Dinn, I'd be VERY happy
1800s is way past the golden age of piracy
Nothing older than 20 years? All those Steve Reeves and Errol Flynn movies?
"High Wind To Jamaica" (James Coburn)?
I think you might have a slightly skewed understanding of when Treasure Island was made...
@@Rystefn My question stands. I couldn't care less when Treasure Island was made
A crew member asked why don't we fire our cannons since we have more. Black Beard said, 'True power is having it, but not needing to use it.'
Black Sails is the best show about pirates
"Pirates didn't fight with swords, they faught with swords"
This lady makes lots of mistakes for an expert. She claims a cutlass isn’t a sword. She claims you put a bullet into your pistol before the powder. She misidentified the black pearl as a man-of-war. I’m out of patience
Sparklers in beard then: fierce!😡👊🏻🗡️
Sparklers in beard now: fierce!😜💅🏼✨