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Re: My pirate lexicon.
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:33:10 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jeffrey Watts writes:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> > The barbequed meat (closer to smoking I imagine because the purpose
> > was to dry the meat to preserve it) was known as boucan.
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> Right, and "to smoke-dry" or "to cure" is "boucaner". So one could call
> the Caribbean pirates from Hispanola the "Jerkys". :-)
We be the Jerky Boyz 2 Pyrates. We be cool.
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> By the way, anyone interested in a good historical pirate book (other than
> _A General History of the Pyrates_, which is attributed to Defoe) should
> read _Under The Black Flag - the romance and reality of life among the
> pirates_ by David Cordingly. It's a wonderful read, and is
> well-researched. Anyone interested in learning how pirates actually lived
> should pick this work up. Also, it has a really cool cover. :-)
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> Jeffrey.
Under the Black Flag was good general overview of Pirates and their
mythification. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most
Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (there is a version out that lists
Defoe as the author, but that is by no means certain - readers may find it
listed under either name) forms the basis of many general works on pirates.
And rather than refer to various books myself, the interested reader should
check out:
http://www.discover.net/~nqgiven/bibl.htm
Bruce
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| (...) Want to hear a mindblower? I didn't really start to read up on Carribean or pirate history until the mid-nineties. It wasn't until then that I read about Sir Francis Drake and the buccaneer raids on Panama. What's interesting about that? In (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Right, and "to smoke-dry" or "to cure" is "boucaner". So one could call the Caribbean pirates from Hispanola the "Jerkys". :-) By the way, anyone interested in a good historical pirate book (other than _A General History of the Pyrates_, which (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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