The popular image of the pirate is mostly myth (or is it). Most real pirates were dirty, unshaven, with broken or missing teeth, bad skin and tattered, ill-fitting clothes. Few pirates, if any, wore earrings they would only get caught in the rigging.
And no true pirate dreamed of having a parrot on his shoulder. Not only would it have made a mess on his clothes, but he would have eaten it when supplies ran low.
And no true pirate dreamed of having a parrot on his shoulder. Not only would it have made a mess on his clothes, but he would have eaten it when supplies ran low.
THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES The highly prized cargoes sought by pirates in the Indian Ocean were not gold and silver, but silks, jewels, ivory, and all types of spices pepper, cinnamon.
"P" for PIRATE (and PAINFUL)
In 1683 the British Admiralty gave authority to the East India Company to deal with piracy as it thought fit.
Those not hanged were flogged unmercifully or branded with the letter P on the forehead or both.
Those not hanged were flogged unmercifully or branded with the letter P on the forehead or both.
