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Re: My pirate lexicon.
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:43:40 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> The barbequed meat (closer to smoking I imagine because the purpose
> was to dry the meat to preserve it) was known as boucan.
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 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. :-)
Jeffrey.
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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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| (...) 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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