That's kinda the thing to remember about pirates, gangsters and the underground in general. The more unstable the environment you inhabit, the less likely one is too have a long career or retire in any form. Dean O'Banion is another good example of this, struck down by the Chicago bootlegging wars during America's untenable prohibition. I.E. His family was ANYTHING but surprised his rivals murdered him. A handful of both pirates and mobsters did find ways out, but they where few and unlikely to sustain a post-career life.
He's very famous in Wales, we call him "Barti Ddu" (Black Bart). He was responsible for writing the 'Pirate Code', and he made sure that his crew were always sober when at sea. One of the unique things he did was often wear full scarlet clothing when captaining.
@@viniciusvyller9458 There were many codes, it was a thing for men at sea to do, as an article of agreement. Probably goes back millennia. Though Bartolomeu Português is one of the earliest pirate ones we know about.
Nah. The best pirate was the Pirate Queen Ching Shih that defeated the Chinese Navy and multiple European mercenary vessels with her fleet of over 1800 ships and 60000 men, and then forced them to let her retire from piracy with a vast personal fortune. She died peacefully decades later, absurdly wealthy.
The 'era' of piracy is similar to the 'wild west' in that they were both incredibly short and incidents were isolated but they have been made far more famous by works of fiction over the years.
There’s a big difference though: the Wild West wasn’t that wild or special the golden age of piracy on the other hand defined Atlantic history for decades and its reputation is well deserved
Only until some pirate by the name of Edward Kenway killed him, took some skull thingy, went to some weird blocky building in a cave and killed an important man there.
He was so successful because he controlled on his ships the great vice of all pirates that usually lead to their downfall: alcohol. Consuming alcohol was okay while on board, but he worked to control the amount being given out to his crew and limit drunkenness. He also acted as the chaplain on his ships and forced his crew to attend Sunday church service on top deck. Controlling alcohol rations meant that his crews were much more able to repulse nighttime pirate hunter ambushes which had ended the careers and lives of pretty much every other notable pirate legend. His downfall came because eventually he grew lax on the rules about alcohol due to threats of mutiny if he did not. Ogle's fleet ambushed Roberts', everyone was drunk off their ass, they put up a fight but not enough.
@Hussein Abbas even though i don't like the acts of piracy, the pirates from the 1700's were absolute chads compared to somali pirates who can't even acquire a frigate or pilot it properly
@@rabikhan589 It's simply too difficult to train a crew + acquire the money or parts needed to keep any modern warship running. Even small ones. I think at best they could manage were faster speed boats, but since Somalia is dirt poor and there's no way to produce said boats, they'd have to rely on the black market, and get investors, which good luck with that lol
@@rabikhan589 smh you think piracy hasn’t changed since the 1700s 🤦🏾♂️ it isn’t about capturing the biggest booty anymore, Modern piracy nowadays more about ransoming the crew members so that insurance companies will cover everything
@@scintillam_dei Yeah that makes no sense. I'm sure it happened here and there but it's a fundamentally flawed strategy and has been known as such since at least as far back as Sun Tzu.
@@jdotoz Tonight I finished Taiwan in my realistic colossal map of the western hemisphere in case you're interested. It's for Age of Empires 2 HD. 4X bigger than "gigantic" from the Holy Land following the sun all the way to China, and from Canada to Antarctica including all of Africa in the east, and all of Japan in the west.
@@jdotoz it wasnt actually geberally they would fly the same flag as the ship they were raiding until they got close enough to effect damage on the merchants, surrendering was better than fighting to the death especially when the merchant sailors were transporting, well merchandise. Who wants to die for money and trinkets?
Shocker that Robert's and his killer were both born in Wales. I heard that his killer was another famous pirate who used a Spanish galleon as his flagship. He named it after a bird he liked back in Wales, jackbird or something like that. After killing Robert's, he eventually settled down and having kids,until he was assassinated by some order. Quite sad
Please do a video about the siege of Budapest from WW2.Not so many people know about it but it stopped a potential allies vs Soviet Union war,because if Hungary just let them trough there and they would have reached Berlin much faster,and could even annex full Germany not just the east
Based on what exactly would any of those things happen? Yeah they’d move a wee bit faster but what would suggest that a war would happen and germany was already agreed upon to be split into 4
My favorite pirates is John Paul Jones operating off the coast of Great Britain for most of the American Revolutionary War. He was a pirate because he attacked docks and merchant ships from Great Britain without sanction from a recognized country. He was not sanctioned by the united States.
Bantersaurus Rex No, she was the most successful pirate ever, more successful than any man. Whats your point? Can’t accept the fact that a woman can be better than a man?
Bantersaurus Rex ~50000 crew members commanding a veritable armada the size of most major European navies, terrorized China and had to be given full amnesty for everyone she commanded to stop, died at home at peace, and basically led a floating town. I’d say she’s the most successful pirate ever.
@@TheGamingParadise22 To be fair her fleet was also defeated at the battle of the Tigers Mouth by some 3-6 portugese ships. Not saying she wasn't succesful or hugely impressive, but still.
“No, a merry life and a short one shall be my motto.” Roberts was using “I’m here for a good time, not a long time” since 1720. And made good on it lmao
Yeah, I've heard before that she was the most successful pirate. She eventually led an entire pirate confederation that had almost total control of the South China Sea because the government was too scared to fight her.
0:51 so over 400 ships raided in a one year time frame...that means they raided about 2 ships per day. I didn’t know any pirates would have to worry about scheduling.
You should have allowed Captain Ogle (later Sir Chaloner) a celebratory victory dance through a flower field...one of my favourite features of your vids 😀
You should check out Ching Shih. She led a pirate confederation which at its height had over 70,000 pirates. But even more than that, she died at old age as a free woman.
Thank you for the Magritte reference at the end, although I don’t know of his relation to piracy. The trouble is we glorify killers like pirates (and don’t say we don’t) and forget the brutality of their attacks.
I always wonder why pirates continued raiding after a successful raid or two or three. Once you have a lot of money, it would make sense to disappear and buy an inn, a tavern, or a brothel somewhere, but instead they just kept going until they were killed.
"This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Bartho..." *Shot through throat*
I see what you did there. XD
Ah I get it, hahahahaha good one
That's kinda the thing to remember about pirates, gangsters and the underground in general. The more unstable the environment you inhabit, the less likely one is too have a long career or retire in any form. Dean O'Banion is another good example of this, struck down by the Chicago bootlegging wars during America's untenable prohibition. I.E. His family was ANYTHING but surprised his rivals murdered him. A handful of both pirates and mobsters did find ways out, but they where few and unlikely to sustain a post-career life.
He wouldn't be wrong 😉
@@WyattPriceTV 😂😂
"During the fight, Roberts came down with a fatal case of being shot in the throat" Lmao, lines like this are a good part of why I love this channel
i cant believe i missed it, u really have to pay attention when watching his videos
Same here.. Same here
It just keeps me coming back!
It's important to differentiate from non fatal shots to the throat.
He's very famous in Wales, we call him "Barti Ddu" (Black Bart).
He was responsible for writing the 'Pirate Code', and he made sure that his crew were always sober when at sea.
One of the unique things he did was often wear full scarlet clothing when captaining.
He wrote the second one, the first one is atributed to Bartholomew, the Portuguese.
I thought they were more like guidelines...
@@viniciusvyller9458 There were many codes, it was a thing for men at sea to do, as an article of agreement. Probably goes back millennia. Though Bartolomeu Português is one of the earliest pirate ones we know about.
@@Halbared Indeed, but i meant from the Golden Age of Pirates
Something I heard about him from the History Channel was that he held Sunday services and required his crew to attend.
Remember the best pirates are the one that no ones knows about, because they got away.
Or they got smoked early in the game.
Nah. The best pirate was the Pirate Queen Ching Shih that defeated the Chinese Navy and multiple European mercenary vessels with her fleet of over 1800 ships and 60000 men, and then forced them to let her retire from piracy with a vast personal fortune. She died peacefully decades later, absurdly wealthy.
no, reputation is everything as a pirate
@@Unilateralism From Extra History
Depend, if you grow too powerfull people will notice you too, even if you try to stay low.
The 'era' of piracy is similar to the 'wild west' in that they were both incredibly short and incidents were isolated but they have been made far more famous by works of fiction over the years.
I just came here from a wild west video
Piracy has existed since the dawn of mankind, unlike the wild west
There’s a big difference though: the Wild West wasn’t that wild or special the golden age of piracy on the other hand defined Atlantic history for decades and its reputation is well deserved
@@luisfilipe2023 I think the bigger thing is how dramatized the life of a pirate was
@@luisfilipe2023 You're underselling the Wild West and it's perception on US and wider North American cultures.
Only until some pirate by the name of Edward Kenway killed him, took some skull thingy, went to some weird blocky building in a cave and killed an important man there.
I see you are a man of culture.
What.
@@warlock5718 AC 4: Black Flag
I too remember these events occurring
he also was the lover of an ancient goddess
He was so succesful that we should call him the Dread Pirate Roberts
FINALLY, a Princess Bride reference!
I was scrolling for this
His real name is Ryan ;)
"There will be no survivors"
-a pirate with a red flag, apparently
@@julianbrelsford "A pirate with a red flag"? Must be the British...
The real question is whether this fellow was the original Dread Pirate Roberts.
He faked his death and now lives lik a king in Patagonia.
He was only "Mostly Dead"
Last time I saw the dread pirate Roberts he was Spanish and had a scar on each of his cheeks
This is probably where they got that name
I'm going to say yes, he was.
He was so successful because he controlled on his ships the great vice of all pirates that usually lead to their downfall: alcohol. Consuming alcohol was okay while on board, but he worked to control the amount being given out to his crew and limit drunkenness. He also acted as the chaplain on his ships and forced his crew to attend Sunday church service on top deck. Controlling alcohol rations meant that his crews were much more able to repulse nighttime pirate hunter ambushes which had ended the careers and lives of pretty much every other notable pirate legend.
His downfall came because eventually he grew lax on the rules about alcohol due to threats of mutiny if he did not. Ogle's fleet ambushed Roberts', everyone was drunk off their ass, they put up a fight but not enough.
I would love to see more videos about the Golden Age of Piracy - or just pirate age in general. The period is really interesting
“A merry life and a short one! That’s my motto!”
I've heard "James Bizinet, Winston Caywood and Sky Shapelle" so many times it's weird hearing them out of order! (Also sorry for the spelling)
Somalia has left the chat
@Hussein Abbas even though i don't like the acts of piracy, the pirates from the 1700's were absolute chads compared to somali pirates who can't even acquire a frigate or pilot it properly
@@rabikhan589 It's simply too difficult to train a crew + acquire the money or parts needed to keep any modern warship running. Even small ones. I think at best they could manage were faster speed boats, but since Somalia is dirt poor and there's no way to produce said boats, they'd have to rely on the black market, and get investors, which good luck with that lol
@@rabikhan589 smh you think
piracy hasn’t changed since the 1700s 🤦🏾♂️ it isn’t about capturing the biggest booty anymore, Modern piracy nowadays more about ransoming the crew members so that insurance companies will cover everything
@@mohamud60 I was talking about Somalia, I understand the concept of digital piracy too bruh
@@rabikhan589 wtf whos talking about internet piracy 🤦🏾♂️
I learned something new. The black flag 🏴 meant “surrender, and you live,” while a red flag meant “you are going to die.”
As if pirates would help people prepare for a battle.
@@scintillam_dei Yeah that makes no sense. I'm sure it happened here and there but it's a fundamentally flawed strategy and has been known as such since at least as far back as Sun Tzu.
@@jdotoz Tonight I finished Taiwan in my realistic colossal map of the western hemisphere in case you're interested. It's for Age of Empires 2 HD. 4X bigger than "gigantic" from the Holy Land following the sun all the way to China, and from Canada to Antarctica including all of Africa in the east, and all of Japan in the west.
@@scintillam_dei That sounds cool.
@@jdotoz it wasnt actually geberally they would fly the same flag as the ship they were raiding until they got close enough to effect damage on the merchants, surrendering was better than fighting to the death especially when the merchant sailors were transporting, well merchandise. Who wants to die for money and trinkets?
400 ships in less than a year.
Thats a couple *every. DAY.*
Bravo, dude.
Shocker that Robert's and his killer were both born in Wales. I heard that his killer was another famous pirate who used a Spanish galleon as his flagship. He named it after a bird he liked back in Wales, jackbird or something like that. After killing Robert's, he eventually settled down and having kids,until he was assassinated by some order. Quite sad
I thought you were being serious at first. Lol
The Jackdaw is not a Galleon ...its a Brigg...wich is something completly different.
Please do a video about the siege of Budapest from WW2.Not so many people know about it but it stopped a potential allies vs Soviet Union war,because if Hungary just let them trough there and they would have reached Berlin much faster,and could even annex full Germany not just the east
I'll add it to the list.
Based on what exactly would any of those things happen? Yeah they’d move a wee bit faster but what would suggest that a war would happen and germany was already agreed upon to be split into 4
God I absolutely love how when you kill characters, they topple over & its followed with that *thump* sound on the mic.
"Bartholomew Roberts was the most successful pirate in history."
You clearly haven't seen me on the dark web.
“A merry life and a short one.”
My new favorite! "Fatal case of shot in the throat" - I truly enjoy the wordplay you have on these small little bundles of inspiring history :)
You know the video aint over till you hear a shoutout to Mike Bizenet.
James Bizenet tho
Don't forget about my boy Winston Kaywood
James Bissonette though
Adolf Bissonette
“A merry life and a short one, as Promised. How well I know myself”
*edward kenway intensifies*
That has to got the be the best pirate you've ever drawn
So it would seem
You should do a ten minute history about the golden age of piracy in general
My favorite pirates is John Paul Jones operating off the coast of Great Britain for most of the American Revolutionary War.
He was a pirate because he attacked docks and merchant ships from Great Britain without sanction from a recognized country. He was not sanctioned by the united States.
I’m pretty sure he was in Continental Navy, sanctions broke damned.
@@johnmarks9994
His actions were not sanctioned by the United States and most of them were not even known by us officials.
Why is he your favourite then?
"good nite, bart, good job, i'll most likely kill you in the morning"
Most successful pirate? I feel like you're forgetting Ching Shie. She commanded the largest crew, kept her wealth, and died at home.
Dmoney nagga wow what a liberal. Plenty of men did that but because she’s a woman she’s more successful.
Bantersaurus Rex
No, she was the most successful pirate ever, more successful than any man. Whats your point? Can’t accept the fact that a woman can be better than a man?
Bantersaurus Rex
~50000 crew members commanding a veritable armada the size of most major European navies, terrorized China and had to be given full amnesty for everyone she commanded to stop, died at home at peace, and basically led a floating town. I’d say she’s the most successful pirate ever.
@@TheGamingParadise22 To be fair her fleet was also defeated at the battle of the Tigers Mouth by some 3-6 portugese ships. Not saying she wasn't succesful or hugely impressive, but still.
And you know. She didnt die after a few years, which as mentioned in the video, was common for the time and occupation.
"Thumb Screw Time"
Ah, one of my favorite reoccurring gags next to the daisy field in these videos.
Very nice. A quick snack of history after lunch.
Great video!!!
Love these videos
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Pirate Edward Kenway is the most successful pirate
NuriTheFury he's the most successful because he's the only one who didn't die
that's a video game then again he may have existed since the series uses a lot of historic symbolism
Drswag 007 r/wooosh
@@nurithegolden5755 i don't get it
@@nurithegolden5755 r/ihavereddit
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!
Us Welsh love this guy so much we have a Dark Spiced Rum named after him: Barti Ddu Rum.
Very interesting. How is the name pronounced. Sorry I dont know Welsh.
@@db3536 Barr-ti d-thee, is the closest approximation to English I believe it would be.
Black Bart rum, right?
The closing with Magritte was awesome!!!
"A ship off the west coast of Africa"
Rice in, slaves out. Our man was a slaver before he was a pirate.
Best birthday gift!!
Even as a welsh person i had no idea the best pirate in the world was welsh
keep up the great content! :D
I choked when he held up the sign that said "I like to hurt things"
I like the new ending screen!
“No, a merry life and a short one shall be my motto.” Roberts was using “I’m here for a good time, not a long time” since 1720. And made good on it lmao
BartholomewRobertsThePirate: *last online 298 years ago*
Yes had heard of him few years ago .he was good at it !!
How decent of pirates to signal their intentions with either a red or black flag. Helps you plan your day
Nothing to do with the video, just great monniker
Rain effect is awesome.
Whither Ching Shih? The woman commanded an entire pirate navy!
Yeah, I've heard before that she was the most successful pirate. She eventually led an entire pirate confederation that had almost total control of the South China Sea because the government was too scared to fight her.
Theres over 100 pages dedicated to him in captain charles Johnson's "pyrates". Its a great read
0:51 so over 400 ships raided in a one year time frame...that means they raided about 2 ships per day. I didn’t know any pirates would have to worry about scheduling.
He was a pirate from 1719 to early 1722 so he had more time than that. His record is still very impressive though.
You should do a video on the mutiny on the bounty!
"A merry life and a short one, that's my motto"
One thing, his death was described by his crew who later claimed to have throw his body to the sea so the English couldn't do nothing to it.
You should have allowed Captain Ogle (later Sir Chaloner) a celebratory victory dance through a flower field...one of my favourite features of your vids 😀
I LOVE the Magritte Pirate at the end 😂🤣😂🤣
Thats might be the best pirate iv ever seen
You should check out Ching Shih. She led a pirate confederation which at its height had over 70,000 pirates. But even more than that, she died at old age as a free woman.
@@rebecca4680 ib alredy seen trhe episod on extra history and teded
1:10 That one pirate looks like Patchy
Thank you for the Magritte reference at the end, although I don’t know of his relation to piracy. The trouble is we glorify killers like pirates (and don’t say we don’t) and forget the brutality of their attacks.
Nice, something i never heared about. More of this!
Cheng I Sao: "Am I a joke to you?!"
The Princess Bride finally makes sense.
Damn...this man lived his life hardcore chaotic evil. o_O
2:10 Yeah, those fatal cases of being shot in the throat can be quite tough. No one recovers from those.
“Fatal case of being shot in the throat!” 😂
Roobeeertts!
Last time I was this early the carribean still hadn't been discovered
Normie
Is that a floating green apple at the end of the video? What is that?
It's a reference to the painting "The Son of Man" by Rene Magritte. Why it's here I don't know.
@@merrittanimation7721 Dadaism, presumably.
_Yeah, he may be successful. But did he avoid paying $600 for Photoshop?_
*_NO???_*
I believe I'll be taking this title, then!
Love the username!
@@jophielswings Oh, thank you so much, love! ❤ You're so sweet!
That's how piracy works!
Nothing personal but I already hold the title for not paying for winrar.
@@Gwentelteefje *_Whoa, we got a bad@$$ over here!_* You win lmao.
A lot of AC4's stuff is becoming real rn
Do one about Edward Kenway
Chaloner Ogle wrote a book about the pirates of his time and their trials, it's a source historians still use.
The deaths are always special in the animations :)
A merry life and a short one as promised
He still is one of the more well known pirates, it's just that most people know of him as Black Bart.
I only knew of him as the dread pirate Roberts
When I heard his name was Bartholomew Roberts, I had the same reaction as Rocket when he heard the name Taser Face. 😂
What about the fact that’s he is a reincarnation of the a precursor known as Aita
I'm surprised I've never heard of this guy.
Bartholomew Roberts: gets captured by pirates
*So I guess this is happening now*
Starts fucking over the entire Atlantic trade
So THATS where the "Dread Pirate Roberts" comes from....
He talks so casually about the strongest pirate in the Golden Age of Piracy
Everyone knows the Dread Pirate Roberts never takes prisoners...
That black flag 🏴☠️ red flag 🚩 piece of trivia was awesome to know about
Majored in history n never learnt this. Thanks man 👌🏻
You guys forgot about Cheng Shih, the pirate queen of China who controls 10 fleet consisting of 1800 ships
Forgot to mention it was turned to splinters by only 3 to 6 Portuguese warships😂
I always wonder why pirates continued raiding after a successful raid or two or three. Once you have a lot of money, it would make sense to disappear and buy an inn, a tavern, or a brothel somewhere, but instead they just kept going until they were killed.
Great now im in the mood to watch piratss of the carribean
Another fun fact about Roberts: his crew threw his corpse overboard on his request.
Fun fact: Fun fact is Normie
That's gotta be the best pirate I've ever seen
That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen
His biggest problem wasn't that he was a pirate, but that his name was Bartholomew.
Can you do one about Edward Kenway?
Showing a red flag meaning death?
*THAT’S NO COINCIDENCE*
SOVIET ANTHEM INTENSIFIES, also I can hear Tumblr in the background
After all, USA flags are also striped in red
@@Alexeiyeah yea but so is almost every flag ever
@@herbivorethecarnivore8447 Yup
@Amon Ra laughs in helicopter
Sad that Roberts started a year after Blackbeard’s death. Those 2 active at the same time would’ve been legendary
not for merchants
Can you do one about Henry Morgan next?
Or Osama Bin Laden, as we are talking about terrorists and murderers...
Me: Its 11 PM, time for bed.
Me: **Sudenly notices this video**
Me: I guess I can wait another few minutes.
I like the part where he said, “...looted it in front of all the others.”
Obligatory "Ten Minutes British history series" complaint.
Why is there a René Magritte painting behind the credits? Yes, I had to go look the painting up. 🙂🙃🙂🙃
Bartholomew Roberts: Most successful pirate of all time.
Ching Shih: Am I a joke to you?