A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017)

Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by jghn on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @01:33PM (#33265354)

I very much enjoyed "The Republic Of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down" by Colin Woodward. I'm pretty sure I originally came across it in a thread here on HN.

Not that I'm expert enough to know, but it felt well researched. On the assumption that what he said was as true as possible given the circumstances, I thought it was pretty enlightening.

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by samvher on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:19PM (#33266680)

Since we're doing book recommendations :) I thought "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates" [1] was a fun read as well.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Hook-Hidden-Economics-Pirat...

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by kedean on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:50PM (#33267133)

For anyone fiction-inclined, The Silver Oar by Howard Breslin is the first thing that the opening part of this article reminded me of. It focuses on an accused pirate on the run in the New England colonies, and his ongoing relationship with various colonial characters. A fun swashbuckling read if one wants to branch away from prestige literature.

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by Apocryphon on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:42PM (#33267667)

Black Sails was a fun fictionalization of that history, crossed over with the prehistory of Treasure Island. It's opening sequence is unbeatable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by jghn on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @06:31PM (#33268688)

Huge fan of this show. It started off a bit weak but really took off over time.

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by kiliantics on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:03PM (#33269336)

I love it. I was wondering if anyone would mention it in the comments. I think it's definitely one of the lesser known absolute gems of tv in recent years.

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