October 22, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 2 of 5 Previous post accumulated many detail data points of what time would be involved in constructing a medium-size Viking longship. This post continues […]
October 19, 2020October 22, 2020Viking Era Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 1 of 5 For a dive into how much time it would take to construct a Viking ship, weave the mainsail along with a spare, […]
October 12, 2020October 19, 2020Viking Era Overall indication of damage Viking raids caused to Frankish kingdom. For a summary of the damage the Viking raids inflicted in Frankia (roughly consider that as France or western Europe) from around […]
October 8, 2020October 8, 2020Pirates Models of sailing ships from around the time of Pirate Age. The Maritime Museum of San Diego has a large collection of ship models. While visiting the delightful museum recently I took a […]
September 19, 2020Viking Era Not-so-breaking news flash – – Did you know some Vikings had non-Scandinavian ancestors? Sometimes you just gotta’ laugh at news reports… With surprise that is not news to anyone who’s ever read more than one […]
August 17, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates Can we compare wages of merchant ship captain in the Pirate Era compare to today? How do we roll forward those financial amounts we read of during the pirate era to provide some sort of context for […]
August 13, 2020July 24, 2020Pirates Specific data points of pirate loot and wages during the Pirate Age. Since this website focuses on ancient finances, I am going to dive deeper into the financial amounts I can find from the […]
August 10, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates Value of Spanish silver dollar and British pound during the Pirate Age? Part 2 of 2 Continued discussion of the value of coinage during the pirate era. Part one is here So how do we understand British […]
August 6, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates Value of Spanish silver dollar and British pound during the Pirate Age? Part 1 of 2 The Spanish silver dollar is referred to as the first global currency. There were so many produced and they spread so far […]
August 3, 2020July 20, 2020Pirates Financial rewards of piracy. Author Eric Jay Dolin provides some indications of how lucrative it was to be a successful pirate in his book Black Flags, […]