There's not so much pirate books in my country, but the one I really enjoyed was my first real swashbuckler/pirate book. It's titled "Galeony Wojny" which takes place in polish cityport Gdańsk and Baltic sea during polish-swedish war of 1626-29. Although not being about pirates themselves, there are lots of privateers, pirates, scoundrels, intrigue and action. Also it's generally beautifully written.
Love the series. Too many suggestions to list, but I'm sure you'll get to them eventually. Just keep doing what you're doing and we're all lucky to enjoy it. As for books, Tim Severin wrote a fantastic historical fiction series about pirates. Book 1 was set on the Barbary Coast, Book 2 in Jamaica, then the Spanish Main, and finally the Spice Islands. He's not necessarily focused on pirate minutia but they're still a fantastic read. For non-fiction I'll suggest Apocalypse 1962 by Ben Hughes - which deals with the Port Royal earthquake.
@@GoldandGunpowder I'd still suggest giving him a shot. Severin made a career out of making historically correct ship and re-tracing the ancient voyages. He's got incredible firsthand knowledge about the reality of sailing in those regions using primitive (to us) technology. That and he's a natural storyteller. The books are page-turners.
Same! I’m late to the party but I’ve been balls deep in pirate lore lately. This guys videos are fantastic! Entertaining and researched thoroughly. The accent also gives it +5 charisma
Thank you. I am researching pirate ships for an art challenge. I am designing pirate ships and a naval port. in the challenge brief they wanted frigate like ships but 16 men crew. That makes confused they want small ship but look like frigates that carries hundreds of men. Maybe I go crazy design something too fantasy inspired but trying to design more grounded. I will design 2 masted ship with max 16 canons(not decided yet) if I have time to finish I will design couple more ships (raiding ship and big smuggler ship) . Thank You for the videos.
Here's my pirate meme : Calico Jack : Hey mates , I have some bad news , Edward England's crew mutinied and marooned him on a deserted island.😞 Charles Vane : Really !!! Oh man , although he was too goody goody , he was a great fellow and member of our society. 😞😟🥺 Blackbeard : Yeah , I agree.😞😞😞 (Suddenly, the door of the bar opens , and a naked man appears holding a half-destroyed raft) Calico Jack : England !!! Are you okay ? Can I get you something to eat or drink ? 😃😃😃 Edward England : No , I still have plenty of coconuts.😠😠😠🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥 Charles Vane : What happened to your clothes ?🤨🤨🤨🤨 Edward England : I ate them.😠😠😠😡😡😡
you had forgotten the Algerian corsairs, at their time they controlled the entire Mediterranean and no one passed without paying, even the United States concluded a treaty with Algeria so as not to have a problem
You should play the game "Sea of Thieves". Not very realistic but very fun - multiple types of ships, voyages, quests, and two different storylines, one revolving around Pirates of the Caribbean, which they recently partnered with.
@@GoldandGunpowder eh, it's not for those who are more caring to actual history, it's a game that plays on the stereotypical pirate fantasy. I doubt that there was an actual magical "shroud" that was able tore down wooden hulls like butter existing to the north west of Mosquito Island where pirates hid away.
A lot of photos depict tattoos on the pirates but that was more of a native tradition that wasn't adapted until much later for saliors in the mid 1900s. I think you covered this in a video before but can't recall.
@@GoldandGunpowder Sorry when I said photos I meant the drawings that you commonly see of pirates, such as the ones used in the video but far beyond that since movies and other sorts of media depict pirates with tattoos.
Re: Roberts taking fishing vessels: I don't really understand why fishing boats were taken by pirates. The boats wouldn't be useful as additional vessels to use and the cargo was...uh...fish. Were they taking the fish and selling them, like any other stolen cargo? Somehow that doesn't seem very...well...piratical. I can understand wanting their crewmen, fisherman being excellent sailors, although without voluntary cooperation I can't see having very many unwilling crewmen being a good thing aboard ship. So, what gives? Why did Black Bart capture 200 fishing boats? Let me say, as I do with all my posts to your channel, how much I appreciate the excellent historical work you're doing. This entire period is an almost inexhaustible mine of relevant historical information. The foundations of the entire mercantile system upon which modern capitalism is founded evolved during this time. The use of 'private military contractors' is nothing new, since most of the buccaneers were basically mercenary forces employed by various governments for both economic and diplomatic reasons ("If you or any of your IM force are caught, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions.") The relationship between 'pirates' and governments was a marriage of convenience, and like so many such marriages, when one party found the other party no longer 'convenient', there was a messy divorce.
fishing boats carried supplies and little bits of money so it's worth something, however their most valueable item was the crew itself: fishermen were good sailors and pirates would press gang them to serve in their companies
How much notable piracy happened post 1730? Was there ever a notable attack or anything or was it fairly quiet ever since. All I know of is Somalia, other than that nothing.
In the early 1800s Asian waters became the focus of a lot of pirate activity...Chinese and Japanese pirates, mostly, preying in the increasing European shipping as well as domestic ships. There's a couple of historical researchers working in this area, but obviously one needs to be fluent in Chinese/Japanese to read the records...and, as is the case with much of this area of history, there's little information from the pirates' perspective. After the Age of Sail, as steel ships and steam power came along, these ships were too large and too fast for any private group to attack, the ship required would have to be a military type, not very likely for a small group of people to get their hands on. There's always been some pirate activity, preying on fishing boats, yachts, small inter-coastal trading freighters and such, but there'll never be another Avery, or Roberts, or their like.
@@GoldandGunpowder About five summers ago I worked at an amusement park where I ran the employee cafeteria. Managed to fool everyone into thinking I was from Glasgow. Even got my name tag to say I was from there, and I spoke in a heavy Scottish accent for three months straight. Only took for an another employee who was actually from Glasgow to call my bluff. Apparently I’d been speaking with an Edinburgh dialect. I have no clue how this was relevant...
@@GoldandGunpowder Was a theatre kid in high school, and it was briefly one of my majors at university. After I realized that it was kind of a bullshit major I swapped it out for English, which is slightly less of a bullshit major.
Isn’t this a good argument for YOU to open the scope of this channel to include stuff outside of this 100 period that you’re focusing on? No disrespect I love the content and the feel of the channel, it looks like you do weekly uploads, 👍 the algo loves that, viewers too, you interact with comments. All good things, but I saw a comment saying to do a video of Magellan, and I think your response was something like “Magellan operated around 1730, that’s far too early” you might have said he’s not a pirate as well, I forget exactly, but my point is that I would be just fine with watching something like that. I’d watch.
@@GoldandGunpowder by sea roving i mean literally for every sailor. merchant, privateer, navy and pirates. mayb not for pirates but for the others. merchants where a bit safe. the navies fought eachother, the greatest sail ship ever, the victory was born at this time
Which generation was your favorite? 🏴☠️
Sliver Age . All the fictional greats were probably a part of the sliver age , Flint , Sliver , Hook .
I like all Pirates! 🏴☠
The Next Generation
1637-1813
my favourite years of the age of sail
@@thedictationofallah Indeed.
There's not so much pirate books in my country, but the one I really enjoyed was my first real swashbuckler/pirate book. It's titled "Galeony Wojny" which takes place in polish cityport Gdańsk and Baltic sea during polish-swedish war of 1626-29. Although not being about pirates themselves, there are lots of privateers, pirates, scoundrels, intrigue and action. Also it's generally beautifully written.
Is it the one you drew a picture for?
@@GoldandGunpowder Yea, could as well be
Hi, man, nice channel, but we NEED a video on different ship types and how to differentiate them, what were their traits, strengths and weaknesses.
If you go to my channel you'll find several videos about different ships already. There are more to come in the future
The silver age of piracy is underrated, there’s some successful pirates that aren’t talked about much
Not as underrated as the Post-Panama period and we'll find out later down this season .)
@@GoldandGunpowder will be waiting anxiously
What about the Bronze Age of Piracy, and the subsequent Iron Age of Piracy?
@@ThePoliticratwe are currently in the great aluminium age of piracy
Love the series. Too many suggestions to list, but I'm sure you'll get to them eventually. Just keep doing what you're doing and we're all lucky to enjoy it.
As for books, Tim Severin wrote a fantastic historical fiction series about pirates. Book 1 was set on the Barbary Coast, Book 2 in Jamaica, then the Spanish Main, and finally the Spice Islands. He's not necessarily focused on pirate minutia but they're still a fantastic read.
For non-fiction I'll suggest Apocalypse 1962 by Ben Hughes - which deals with the Port Royal earthquake.
minutia is always what pulls me into reading
@@GoldandGunpowder I'd still suggest giving him a shot. Severin made a career out of making historically correct ship and re-tracing the ancient voyages. He's got incredible firsthand knowledge about the reality of sailing in those regions using primitive (to us) technology. That and he's a natural storyteller. The books are page-turners.
Love the hidden skull and bone in the clouds in the painting at 11:57
Just found this channel yesterday and its so much fun!!!
This was one of the best videos on the topic if seen yet... Gonna have to come back for your other ones too!
At 3:56, pirates became integrated into navies, rather being loose cannons...those cannons need stronger lashings to secure them to the deck 😆
they needed wives to lash them down
Great channel, so glad i found it
Same! I’m late to the party but I’ve been balls deep in pirate lore lately. This guys videos are fantastic! Entertaining and researched thoroughly. The accent also gives it +5 charisma
Amazing and educative as always
glad you learned some things gato
The 1980 raid on Panama is one of the most cracked stories I have heard in my whole life. Traveling through the Isthmus in canoes is unbelievable
I love having maps as a substitute for a letter of marque I can't get over that.
Loving this channel
i think the Silver age with all the acts that the media propagandized is my favorite. got to love a Flamboyant Pirate sticking it to the man...
It is the peak
What about the Bronze Age of Piracy, and the subsequent Iron Age of Piracy?
Nicely done again. Thank you for these videos. They help my mind pass the time.
Absolutely love your content. Keep up the great work brother
another Amazing video . Keep sharing this vital time period of history.and hoist the black ...
Tragedy! Justice! Magistrate's Court.
Thank you. I am researching pirate ships for an art challenge. I am designing pirate ships and a naval port. in the challenge brief they wanted frigate like ships but 16 men crew. That makes confused they want small ship but look like frigates that carries hundreds of men. Maybe I go crazy design something too fantasy inspired but trying to design more grounded. I will design 2 masted ship with max 16 canons(not decided yet) if I have time to finish I will design couple more ships (raiding ship and big smuggler ship) . Thank You for the videos.
Btw if someone wants to see paintings when I finish the paintings I will share on my insta even if I can't finish them to deadline.
@realism___sir
sounds cool, good luck with your challenge
Here's my pirate meme :
Calico Jack : Hey mates , I have some bad news , Edward England's crew mutinied and marooned him on a deserted island.😞
Charles Vane : Really !!! Oh man , although he was too goody goody , he was a great fellow and member of our society. 😞😟🥺
Blackbeard : Yeah , I agree.😞😞😞
(Suddenly, the door of the bar opens , and a naked man appears holding a half-destroyed raft)
Calico Jack : England !!! Are you okay ? Can I get you something to eat or drink ? 😃😃😃
Edward England : No , I still have plenty of coconuts.😠😠😠🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥🥥
Charles Vane : What happened to your clothes ?🤨🤨🤨🤨
Edward England : I ate them.😠😠😠😡😡😡
whoops
One day the algorithm lord will bless you . Everyone here are Ogs
what matters is that you lads enjoy it
@@GoldandGunpowder 🖖
Nice video
you had forgotten the Algerian corsairs, at their time they controlled the entire Mediterranean and no one passed without paying, even the United States concluded a treaty with Algeria so as not to have a problem
More cattle and barbque. Any pacific Buccaneering or Swashbuckling?
You should play the game "Sea of Thieves". Not very realistic but very fun - multiple types of ships, voyages, quests, and two different storylines, one revolving around Pirates of the Caribbean, which they recently partnered with.
I saw that it had boots and I clicked away
@@GoldandGunpowder eh, it's not for those who are more caring to actual history, it's a game that plays on the stereotypical pirate fantasy.
I doubt that there was an actual magical "shroud" that was able tore down wooden hulls like butter existing to the north west of Mosquito Island where pirates hid away.
I love it!
Thank you
@@GoldandGunpowder You're Welcome!
A lot of photos depict tattoos on the pirates but that was more of a native tradition that wasn't adapted until much later for saliors in the mid 1900s. I think you covered this in a video before but can't recall.
Photography did not exist during the Golden Age of Sea Roving(1630-1730) which is the period I cover on this channel.
@@GoldandGunpowder Sorry when I said photos I meant the drawings that you commonly see of pirates, such as the ones used in the video but far beyond that since movies and other sorts of media depict pirates with tattoos.
@@GoldandGunpowder shut up
Wait for the Wombat Gun
Good video
thank you stanley
Really interesting to learn more about pirates in the 17th century, since the early 18th century dominates most people's understanding of piracy.
16:33 me like, me comment 👍
Re: Roberts taking fishing vessels: I don't really understand why fishing boats were taken by pirates. The boats wouldn't be useful as additional vessels to use and the cargo was...uh...fish. Were they taking the fish and selling them, like any other stolen cargo? Somehow that doesn't seem very...well...piratical. I can understand wanting their crewmen, fisherman being excellent sailors, although without voluntary cooperation I can't see having very many unwilling crewmen being a good thing aboard ship. So, what gives? Why did Black Bart capture 200 fishing boats? Let me say, as I do with all my posts to your channel, how much I appreciate the excellent historical work you're doing. This entire period is an almost inexhaustible mine of relevant historical information. The foundations of the entire mercantile system upon which modern capitalism is founded evolved during this time. The use of 'private military contractors' is nothing new, since most of the buccaneers were basically mercenary forces employed by various governments for both economic and diplomatic reasons ("If you or any of your IM force are caught, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions.") The relationship between 'pirates' and governments was a marriage of convenience, and like so many such marriages, when one party found the other party no longer 'convenient', there was a messy divorce.
fishing boats carried supplies and little bits of money so it's worth something, however their most valueable item was the crew itself: fishermen were good sailors and pirates would press gang them to serve in their companies
@@GoldandGunpowder Thanks for that. I guess their HR dept. wasn't all that great.
Don't forget Oliver labuse
How much notable piracy happened post 1730? Was there ever a notable attack or anything or was it fairly quiet ever since. All I know of is Somalia, other than that nothing.
Nope, nothing remarkable, though they still used the Jolly Roger
In the early 1800s Asian waters became the focus of a lot of pirate activity...Chinese and Japanese pirates, mostly, preying in the increasing European shipping as well as domestic ships. There's a couple of historical researchers working in this area, but obviously one needs to be fluent in Chinese/Japanese to read the records...and, as is the case with much of this area of history, there's little information from the pirates' perspective. After the Age of Sail, as steel ships and steam power came along, these ships were too large and too fast for any private group to attack, the ship required would have to be a military type, not very likely for a small group of people to get their hands on. There's always been some pirate activity, preying on fishing boats, yachts, small inter-coastal trading freighters and such, but there'll never be another Avery, or Roberts, or their like.
The Virgin Marcus Rediker vs the Chad Angus Konstom
skootland
@@GoldandGunpowder About five summers ago I worked at an amusement park where I ran the employee cafeteria. Managed to fool everyone into thinking I was from Glasgow. Even got my name tag to say I was from there, and I spoke in a heavy Scottish accent for three months straight. Only took for an another employee who was actually from Glasgow to call my bluff. Apparently I’d been speaking with an Edinburgh dialect.
I have no clue how this was relevant...
lol, should apply for the theater
@@GoldandGunpowder Was a theatre kid in high school, and it was briefly one of my majors at university. After I realized that it was kind of a bullshit major I swapped it out for English, which is slightly less of a bullshit major.
slightly
Bart Roberts was probably the last pirate
Pirate Jean Lafitte video
Awesome vid, hope to see more niche pirate content!
What about John paul Jones or Jean Lefoot
outside 1730
☠️
Isn’t this a good argument for YOU to open the scope of this channel to include stuff outside of this 100 period that you’re focusing on?
No disrespect I love the content and the feel of the channel, it looks like you do weekly uploads, 👍 the algo loves that, viewers too, you interact with comments. All good things, but I saw a comment saying to do a video of Magellan, and I think your response was something like “Magellan operated around 1730, that’s far too early” you might have said he’s not a pirate as well, I forget exactly, but my point is that I would be just fine with watching something like that. I’d watch.
Cringe timeline vs Based timeline
I won´t comment.
the 1720s to 1800s where the golden age of seafaring
no
@@GoldandGunpowder by sea roving i mean literally for every sailor. merchant, privateer, navy and pirates. mayb not for pirates but for the others. merchants where a bit safe. the navies fought eachother, the greatest sail ship ever, the victory was born at this time
@@thedictationofallah "Sea Roving" refers to seaborne raiding/robbery/theft, encompassing both piracy and privateering
@@GoldandGunpowder maybe he meant “Seafaring”
@@JackieRobinson24 i meant that. i really wanted to find that word
Goddamn Millenials ruined piracy!
4:32 doggy
if you give him some boucan he wont bite
Pirates king
accurate
Yarr
WRONG
Thx much for your valuable contribution. What in specific did disagree with?
comment for the algorithm
Wo