I’ve often wondered about that classic totem of pirate lore, the Jolly Roger. I’d read somewhere that the skull and crossbones on a black background was just the stuff of kids’ stories, that pirates didn’t really use such a flag.… Read More
During the sixteenth century, cocoa was a drink reserved for Spanish royalty. In 1579, some English pirates searching for gold aboard a Spanish ship mistook the cocoa beans for sheep droppings, and burned the valuable cargo.… Read More
Sing a Song of Sixpence may have originated in the early 1700s as a coded message, used by pirates to recruit new crew members. Blackbeard’s ship promised crewmembers sixpence a day (good money back then) and a daily ration of… Read More