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Most pirates in this era were of Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French origin. Many pirates came from poorer urban areas in search of a way to make money and of reprieve. London in particular was known for high unemployment, crowding, and poverty which drove people to piracy. Piracy also offered power and quick riches. [citation needed]
[33]: 45–46 George Choundas argues in his book Pirate Primer that there was in fact a pirate language, but it was simply accents and the way of speech to which men of the seas were accustomed. They came from different ethnic backgrounds or political units, so pirate speech was simply the way these men could communicate; and what they all knew ...
The Pirate Round was a sailing route followed by certain, mainly English, pirates, during the late 17th century and early 18th century. The course led from the western Atlantic, parallel to the Cape Route around the southern tip of Africa, stopping at Madagascar, then on to targets such as the coast of Yemen and India. The Pirate Round was ...
An illustration of Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts in the 1724 edition. A General History introduced many features which later became common in pirate literature, such as pirates with missing legs or eyes, the notion of pirates burying treasure, and the name of the pirate flag the Jolly Roger.
Many slaves turned pirate "secured" a position of leadership or prestige on pirating vessels, like that of Captain. [41] The pirate Black Caesar, who served onboard the Queen Anne's Revenge under Blackbeard, was one of the best known slave pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy, being mentioned in the 1724 work A General History of the Pyrates ...
Pirate democracy was flexible but unable to deal with long-term dissent from the crew. [7] One description of the ritual of the pirate's code was in Alexandre Exquemelin's Buccaneers of America, published in 1678. Pirates called a first council (which included all crew members) to decide where to get provisions. Then they raided for supplies.
February – An act is passed by the House of Assembly of Jamaica (An Act For the Restraining and Punishing Privateers and Pirates. ) prohibiting trade with pirates. March – Pirate hunter Thomas Pain , allegedly commissioned by Jamaican Governor Thomas Lynch , leads a group of privateers in a raid against St. Augustine, Florida however they ...
March 26 – the Parliament of England passes an act for the redemption of captives taken by Turkish, Moorish and other pirates.; April 1 – After being sighted off the Yorkshire coast by a local fisherman, Royalist privateer Captain Joseph Constant and his 30-man Dutch crew are surprised by an attack party led by Robert Colman and Captain Thomas Lassells and captured after a brief skirmish.