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(...) production (...) I (...) soul (...) in (...) or "one (...) Aye, Thanks for the corrections. Sure and certain, I always thought Corsair were a type of ship, but Webster uses the word for both a ship and a pyrate. One quick question regarding me (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Corsairs were the pirates of the Mediterranean - specifically of the Barbary coast (what is now modern-day Libya). Buccaneers were a group of pirates that originated on Hispanola - but the term later became used in a general sense for (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Don't bother to look - you are correct on all accounts. "Corsair" is most often related to the Barbary pirates, but it also meant a privateer (sanctioned piracy - but again, usually associated with north african pirates). I've seen the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The ship type "corsair" is derived from the type of boat--a semi-militarised dhow, if I'm not mistaken--that the pyrate sort of Corsair would use. Later it was extended to other ship types used by such raiders. IIRC it's a motile (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) (sanctioned (...) seen (...) just (...) dhow, (...) to be (...) corsairs of (...) from (...) Arrrrrrr, Chance-Vought Corsairs tain't pyrates, ye lubberly comedian. Though now that I think about it, that was primarily a Marine fighter, wasn't (...) (25 years ago, 24-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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) We be the Jerky Boyz 2 Pyrates. We be cool. (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ack, yes. I wrote on the Circumnavigation (1577-80) as a lowly undergraduate. ;) I've always wondered if Drake can be considered a true "buccaneer" or pyrate; he was operating under marque from Elizabeth, and was a privateer very much in the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's kind like politics: to the English he was a national hero, to the Spanish he was a pirate. :-) Since he had direct or indirect sanction from Elizabeth ("Oooo, I'm sorry about that sea-dog Mister Spanish Ambassador, I'll punish him (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Somehow I can't imagine too many indifferent pirates. "Plunder, me hardies?" "Nah, maybe later, I dunno." ;) LFB (wiseacre on half an hour of sleep) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) pirate (...) Which is why I typed "indifferent pirate movie" rather than "indifferent pirates" - I sure wouldn't want to give some smart-alec an opening. ;-) Oh alright, I fell off my chair laughing. Satisfied? Bruce (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I've only seen one set of indifferent pirates, on Silly Songs Volume II of the Veggie Tales series. They're a bunch called, "The Pirates that Don't Do Anything" and they sing a song about what that means. IT's worth a looksee, but you need (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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