Guns, Swords, and Cannons, oh my!

Its no secret that pirates used all sorts of weaponry, especially Blackbeard the pirate. Blackbeard was known for owning two ships, Queen Anne's Revenge, and Adventure. During a not totally recent, but recent enough, finding of what is to be believed as Blackbeard's QAR, they also unearthed a multitude of ancient pirate weaponry. This included Cannons which were used to shoot at other ships in the water, personal fire arms of the crew along with ammunition, and a multitude of scraped parts from different types of weaponry. Pretty cool, right? I personally find firearms and weapons of destruction rather interesting and below I'm going to insert a couple pictures from what was found of the wreckage as well as what people believe what the QAR looked like...

                                                          Queen Anne's Revenge

                                                                   A sword guard

 

                                                         front and back of a grenade

                                                           one of the ships primary cannons

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pirate torture

Pirates had their own way of getting what they wanted. These ways, for the most part, involved extremely violent behavior. Pirates often used torture as a way to get the most amount of loot they could from ships they had taken over or raided. On the off hand that there was a captain who enjoyed doing the torture, a sadist if you will, they tortured enemies solely for the fun of it. Personally, this type of behavior does not sit well with me. Doing unimaginable things to humans just for a little extra loot and maybe some enjoyment is just not the way people should go about things. In addition, if a crew member steals any loot whatsoever from the crew, or if they flee from battle, they were to be marooned. Basically, they leave a member, or group of individuals, on an island away from any mainland whatsoever, to punish them. The Crew never returns for them and they are to be stranded and, as the pirate code states, "are sure to encounter hardships". This way of dealing with a bad crew or some particular members of the crew is rather sinister but not as sinister as what they put their enemies through. Nevertheless, i do not agree with any of their behaviors for they are terroristic and sadistic however you look at it.

https://ggc.view.usg.edu/d2l/le/content/1201875/viewContent/19478684/View

meeting a female pirate

In the golden age of piracy, there were not many female pirates at all. however, if you were to come in contact with a female pirate, it would definitely be a different experience. The woman would not be the typical female you think of right off the bat. She would usually be dressed in mens clothing, carrying a pistol and a saber ready to cut any ones throat in order to get some loot. They were violent humans and feared very little. They were brave, daring, and perhaps very beautiful. If you were an enemy to this woman you had better have better sword skills than her because she gives no mercy and is extremely malicious.

captain morgan fact or fiction

between the two novels we are reading, under the black flag and bucaneers and pirates, there are lots of different ways the pirate captain morgan is depicted. For example, in the bucaneers book, they go on and on about the early life of captain morgan, however in the site of resources e were given, one of the sources,  claims that no one really knew morgans early life.

http://www.famous-pirates.com/famous-pirates/henry-morgan/