Benjamin Hornigold: Father of the Pirate Republic
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Benjamin Hornigold is not only one of the most important figures from the Golden Age of Piracy, but the history of the Bahamas. In 1714 he established a pirate stronghold on the island of New Providence. The city of Nassau would blossom into an anarchic pirate state, known today as the Pirate Republic. The groundwork established by Hornigold, would then be reintegrated into the British colony, and flourish into the capital of an independent country.
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Quest for Blackbeard - Baylus Brooks
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
Dictionary of Pyrate Biography - Baylus Brooks
Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate - Angus Konstam
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Here's my pirate meme (only transformers fans will understand it) :
(The pirates aboard the Royal Rover after Howell Davis' death) :
Walter Kennedy (in Starscream's role) : I declare myself as the new captain!!!😎
Thomas Anstis (in Scrapper's role) : Wait, I'm a better navigator than you, I must rule!!!🧐
Bartholomew Roberts (in Soundwave's role) : Roberts superior! Anstis inferior!🤖
Thomas Anstis : Who are you calling inferior!!!???😡
Walter Kennedy : Nobody would follow an uncharismatic bore like you!!!😡
Thomas Sutton (in Rumble's role) : Hey, nobody calls Roberts uncrassimatic!!!!😡
James Skyrme (in Frenzy's role) : Yeah let's kick tailgate!!!!!😡😡😡
(And the fight begins)
The pirates to each other : !@#%😡😡😡👊👊👊💥💥💥
Yea
ifunny humour
cringe
Best pirate name ever? Horni4gold
Did Dankula send you here?
@@nathanirby4273 who’s that?
Y'all wanna re-establish Nassau as a pirate stronghold? I got the rum!
We have a boat and some fusees.. Sounds like a good start!
@@hostoftheseawitch3431 I got the funding and the bedding
Hornigold is one of if not my favorite pirate to hear about, glad we got a video on him.
I reenact colonial Spanish and Napoleonic era British Royal Artillery, and was just at the Battle of New Orleans reenactment, where I fell in with a group of Laffite's men, the pirates of Barataria Bay. They were a great bunch of guys, very dedicated and knowledgeable buccaneers, and I would love to see a video on the Baratarians in particular, or gulf coast piracy in general
Would love if you made a video about the “Pirate Round of Africa and India. Including the ones who sailed it like Roberts, Every, and it’s founder Thomas Tew. Hope you keep up the good work!🏴☠️
My intention is to produce and publish that video this year. Roberts didn't sail the round however
A very good video, a nice look into Hornigold, the pirate with the most piratical name of them all! 🏴☠
Great video very entertaining
Gosh these videos are so good, I wasn't even a pirate buff but I can't stop watching them.
Listening from Mackinac Island Michigan
I love this channel. You make great content and should have more subs.
Amazing video once again! Cheers from Jamaica
I'm quite proud of fact that Mr Hornigold is in my ancestry
you should be James
Cool. Captain Blood was my grandpa
They should make a movie dedicated to him.
I’ve been watching your channel for a while and one thing I’ve never understood is how small you are. You make well put together videos, and you’d think there’s a ton of people out there interested in pirates. Just never made sense to me
He's focused mostly on the facts when many people might prefer the myths and he has a very thick accent that I often have trouble understanding. Even so, he's my favorite channel covering this topic.
The Founding Daddy
Another fantastic video, thank you
Cheers, contact me on Discord or via email if you want to do a collab
I grew up in the lesser Antilles and thought I knew a lot of the lore. I'm glad that there's more to learn than the tales I was told as a kid on various islands. Most islands have a local.. usually hero.. and tales about encounters, but I never learned any of the backstory.
Great work as always
Love coming here, always learn something new about the golden age of piracy! Which pirate/Caribbean centric game is your favorite?
i dont play any of them
Dude I love your videos
I have visited Nassau 11 times. The last 5 times as a garbed as the River Pirate 13! To me it is Hallowed ground for the Golden Age of High Seas Piracy. We had a couple of our Krewe of the 13 members inducted in the courtyard where Fort Nassau once stood. Major pirate street cred! Both were lady pirates! The surprising part I find is the local Bahamians are never taught the rich history of the Pirate era. They know a little about Woodes Rodgers but mostly the more recent history of the establishment of the country. The only historical Pirate any of them knew about was Blackbeard. None of them knew who Hornigold was or Calico Jack. They did know who Jack Sparrow was! lol! Enjoyed this video mate!
Is there anything left in Nassau from that era that's worth visiting? Ruins? Museums? Historical Sites?
There's a museum yeah
It's been a while since you've done anything on a specific pirate so I'm eager to see the video at 4.
Edit: I was 4 hours, 25 minutes late.
Excellent content doing my part for the algorithm
I believe that the game assassin’s creed black flag loosely, follows the story of Benjamin, though it should be noted that Edward Kenway was not the one to kill him.
Yarrr I be here for the algorithm. For this be a fair hoard of knowledge.
"ben... a pirate should have a better last name than dover..."
"What about Hornyforgold?"
"*Sigh* just do Hornygold"
sometimes your parents really just pull a dirty on you
👍🏻😁great vid great channel!
Your awesome
On account of their norsemen heritage, do you think there were any Swedes or other Scandinavians that hoisted the black flag during the golden age?
Edit: forgot you had a channel dedicated to Nordic countries on the Baltic, I’m just going to watch all of those videos now to make recompense.
Sweden had very strict laws so it was hard for Swedes to emigrate. There were a lot more Danes active in the Caribbean. Richard Taylor, a pirate active in the 1720s, allegedly had some Swedes in his crew. Most notable named Swedish pirate was Peter Hoff, a navigator press ganged by Samuel Bellamy and later hanged
It is said that Horigolds descendents own a peninsula of Iceland called hornstrdir
You forgot to mention that without him the most famous manga and anime in the world would probably never have been created.
He and his story are the inspiration for Gol D. Roger.
Interesting, very interesting🤔
The 1st pirate Republic anyway. People hardly seem to realize that America itself is a pirate republic.
I look forward to your video on Samuel Bellamy aka Black Sam. I saw a comment saying you were doing one this year is that correct?
I'm never going to promise or guarantee anything
@@GoldandGunpowder what about henry jenning
@@GoldandGunpowder you like him right
Ben Hornigold was the Mayor of Castaway Cay
"Commonwealth" is certainly more accurate than "Republic."
He did not, unfortunately, wind up in horny jail
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Is it me or were most of these guys was puritans? ironic(hornigold, Rogers, Roberts) lol
yeah, puritanism was very common amongst pirates, I'll discuss this a bit in the first video coming next year
@@GoldandGunpowder It will be an interesting topic
Nassau looks nice i wonder if there is loads of fanny