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Re: My pirate lexicon.
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:56:56 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Markus Wolf wrote:
> 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.
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 Carribean pirates towards
the latter part of the Golden Age of piracy (late 1600s, early 1700s).
If I recall correctly, "Buccaneer" is derived from the way that the group
on Hispanola cooked their meat -- barbeque. I'll check my tomes when I
return home, but I'm 95% sure that that is correct.
J.
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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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| (...) 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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