July 30, 2020July 20, 2020Pirates Why go out pirating? How many pirates were there? In Black Flags, Blue Waters, author Eric Jay Dolin says that many men in the American colonies signed on with a pirate […]
July 27, 2020July 20, 2020Pirates Bad reputation of pirates was a good strategy for capturing ships. In Black Flags, Blue Waters author Eric Jay Dolin says pirates would rather not engage in a fight when they captured a […]
July 23, 2020July 20, 2020Pirates Photos for this discussion of pirates. Photographs for this series of posts are of the HMS Surprise, replica of a British 24-gun frigate named HMS Rose. The ship […]
July 20, 2020Pirates Pirate ship organization. Mr. Dolin’s book Black Flags, Blue Waters provides intriguing background on how pirates organized themselves and how they split up the booty. […]
July 16, 2020July 16, 2020Pirates Volume of silver flowing out of the conquered territories. In Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates author Eric Jay Dolin provides background on one reason […]
July 15, 2020July 13, 2020Pirates Why pirates were accepted in the colonies, even welcomed as good neighbors. In Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates Eric Jay Dolin says that from the early 1680s […]
July 13, 2020Pirates Pirates in the Americas are fascinating, just not like anything you see in the movies. Blockbuster movies of today, swashbuckling movies of yesteryear, and fantastical books give us a delightful picture of piracy in the Americas several […]
April 3, 2020Viking Era Food preservation in Viking Era Ever wondered how Vikings preserved food? Jesse Byock, in his book Viking Age Iceland, gives us insight. Lots of great stuff in […]
April 1, 2020April 3, 2020Viking Era Homespun cloth used for money in Viking Age Iceland. Money is usually defined as something that is a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. For […]
March 30, 2020April 3, 2020Viking Era Background on Viking Age Iceland Detailed description of settlement of Iceland can be found in Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock. Lots of great stuff in the […]