Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Today’s great love of the pirate costume derived from the notoriety of the pirates. Pirates loved to attack other ships on the high seas. But many had special jobs to carry out on board their own vessels. Listed below are a few of these tasks.
The captain clearly was in control of his unruly crew. The best way for him to keep his authority was to be far more frightening than anyone of lesser rank. He had to be quite different from the rest of the crew, because life at sea was tough enough without an inexperienced captain making it worse. He was chosen as a head of this rogue’s democracy and would have already gained respect for his leadership and navigation abilities. He would also be level-headed under pressure with crew members in the midst of battles at sea.
The navigator studied the sea charts to guide the ship on its adventures. As such, he was probably the smartest person on board.
Deck scrubbers had to clean up all sorts of mess. That included salty sea water, pirate spit and blood from previous battles.
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Pirates are people who attack and steal from people on the high seas.They are not only desperate thieves but cruel murderers. In ancient history, Greek pirates used to attack ship sin the Mediterranean Sea more than 2,000 years ago. And 1,000 years ago pirates from Norway called Vikings, performed similar actions in the North Sea.
The ones history recalls the most recently lived in the 1600’s and 1700’s.
The Corsair pirate costume was distinctly Arabic in nature with a turban and broad waist band and baggy pants, similar to the thief of Baghdad. They whipped their slaves who rowed their ships.
In 95 BC Caesar himself was captured by pirates from Turkey and held for ransom until the ancient Romans paid up.Privateers lived in the 16th century and were sent by their respective governments to steal from enemy ships when they were are war.Le Clerc a well known privateer, had a wooden leg and became knows as Jambe de Bois meaning wooden leg.
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Current depictions of history tell us men were the only pirates.Not so. In fact female pirates sailed the seas looking for treasure. So if you fancy recreating this forgotten past you could choose to wear a women’s pirate costume this halloween.
It is easy enough to recall past figures such as Long John Silver and Blackbeard. But we struggle to find a well know woman pirate. Although they existed it was difficult for them because they were strictly not allowed to sail on pirate ships because of the desire they would stir amongst the men, to put it politely.Life was also very tough on board and not like the gentle life usually associated with domesticated women of the time.
In fact studying the records you will discover 2 female pirate of standing.They were Ann Bonny and Mary Read.Ann was from Cork bonr in 1697 to a lawyer father. Her story took her from an american plantation where her father first took her. She later fell in love with a pirate called Jack Rackman while married to another man. But the appeal of adventure was too strong for her and she left with Jack to start her life as a pirate. She dressed as a man and learned to steal like a man. As time went by she met another woman called Mary Read. Marys mother had also dressed her as a boy so she could persuade the family to give them money. In this guise she acted as a boy servant to a wealthy family before truning to the high seas.She was captued by Jack Rackman however, and this is how she came to meet up with Ann Bonny.
Pirate costumes are exclusively based around the golden age of pirates. Much of the events of this time occurred in the Caribbean, the eastern coastlines of the American continents wher our 2 spiruted ladies live their lives. The pirates were usually British, Dutch and French. Victims were mostly Spanish galleons on thier way home form the new world with treasure. But any ship was game and the target was to relieve the crew of their ship rather than the cargo.
Think of these adventurous women when next you look at the fabulous pirate costumes and what romance and legend you are tapping into should you choose to dress up in the full regalia. For xample there is a waistcoat dress with its short skirt to which you could add long boots and a sword.
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