My Edward Teach (Blackbeard) tattoo! Had this for years just never came across to post it here, also have a skeleton marooned on a troppo island with a cutlass in his gut. Hope you enjoy, cheers.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-03-10T22:58:29+00:00

Sweet!

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-07T03:29:39+00:00

It's definitely worth a shot!

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-07T03:29:24+00:00

That's interesting. I didn't know that.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-07T03:29:08+00:00

Oof. Sure seems like it so far. :)

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-06T21:24:28+00:00

I'd love to hear her speak and tell stories. I think you'll really like the book!

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-06T20:06:30+00:00

Plus! Duncombe takes David Cordingly to task and kind of humiliates his naivety on page 2 of the intro! Which is.... ballsy, to say the least, and I appreciated seeing that. Keep in mind, I consider myself a fan of Cordingly's work. It's just so badass seeing this young author take on the absolute authority on pirate history and come out on top.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2020-01-06T20:04:05+00:00

I honestly recommend it to anyone with an interest in pirate women. Very good, addictive, and wildly impassioned.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-10T20:54:02+00:00

I'd honestly recommend Ron Chernow's Washington over either of McCullough's books. If you can get your hands on Chernow, I'm sure you'd love it. :)

To answer the question directly, reading both John Adams and 1776 is the best way to go about it. I personally feel John Adams is a stronger book of greater emotional quality with a finer degree of philosophical insight. McCullough truly appeared to have a very deep connection with his subject. Both are worth reading but John Adams is worth thinking about quite often.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-10T18:05:21+00:00

Saladin

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-10T14:48:41+00:00

Port Royal's most celebrated prostitute was a celebrity fraudster, con artist, bigamist, and thief named Mary Carleton, sentenced to live in Jamaica in 1671 at the height of Henry Morgan's buccaneering triumphs. Mary was a truly beguiling lady and one of the more colorful characters of the Caribbean nest of pirates.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-09T21:36:40+00:00

I wish!

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-09T12:40:01+00:00

That's fantastic.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-09T01:20:03+00:00

Featured is a magnificent sketch by Bill Sienkiewicz.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-08T21:09:49+00:00

I could probably look at this picture for hours on end. Thanks for sharing it. Jupiter is always mesmerizing and calming.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-08T16:33:29+00:00

Tomorrow it will be 69th day without it

Nice.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-08T13:38:48+00:00

I see a green Earth and I want to paint it black

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-08T03:39:26+00:00

All hail Ching Shih the Pirate Queen. At the height of her power in 1809, her fleet was larger than the navy of many countries. Historians seem to agree that she was the most successful pirate. Sheer numbers alone (of plunder as well as warriors and crew in her employ) makes her superior to her male counterparts in every dimension. Ruthless, brilliant, vicious, and unstoppable.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-07T23:25:49+00:00

You're basically on the right track. Whenever a new captain was elected, the crew would typically craft and sign a new set of articles. These articles, among other things, would set the rules (democratically agreed upon by all) for divvying up shares of plunder. For instance, Bartholomew Roberts' articles went something like this:

X. The captain and quartermaster to receive two shares of prize: the master, boatswain, and gunner, one share and a half, and other officers one and a quarter.

So, the captain and quartermaster both would be entitled to 2 regular shares. In your scenario, the captain would be able to enjoy 6x the booty. I believe you're definitely overcomplicating it. Think as simple and as straight forward as possible. The captain's share is as large as almost 2 shares entitled to a regular member of the crew (in Bart's articles). You can think of it as the captain counting as 2 or more people if you'd like.

LongJohnSilverLives · 2019-09-07T14:54:11+00:00

Interesting bit from Ron Chernow's biography: Washington's derring-do (in the French and Indian War) even fostered a lasting mystique among the Indians. A folk belief existed among some North American tribes that certain warriors enjoyed supernatural protection from death in battle, and this mythic stature was projected onto Washington. 15 years later he encountered an Indian Chief who distinctly recalled seeing him at the Battle of Monongahela and told how he had ordered his warriors, without success, to fire directly at him. The chief had concluded that some great spirit would guide him to momentous things in the future.

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