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Just about everyone who is fascinated by pirates has dreamt of being a pirate captain. Whether it was when running around with wooden swords at the beach, or when booting up Sid Meier's Pirates after watching the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, it is an appealing fantasy to be in the command of your own ship and crew. To do whatever you please, to go wherever you want.
These fantasies, being a means of escape from responsibilities like going to school, work, cleaning your room and taking out the trash, omits the responsibilities that a pirate captain had.
The life of a pirate captain was always on the knife's edge. But for those individuals with the ability, charisma, and brutality, it could win them untold fame, and fortune.
Modern sources
Piratical Schemes and Contracts - E.T Fox
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
Dictionary of Pirate Biography - Baylus C. Brooks
Pirates in their Own Words - E.T Fox
Period sources
A Voyage Round the World - William Betagh
William Dick's South Sea Voyage - William Dick
A relation of the great sufferings - Henry Pitman
The Seamans Vade-Mecum - William Mountaine
A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Woodes Rogers
A New Voyage Around the World - William Dampier
0:00 Introduction
1:19 How you became a Captain
4:17 Electing a Captain
6:26 Duties
9:58 Authority
12:41 His cabin
14:55 Clothing
17:47 Food
19:14 Companions
21:51 The Captain in battle
25:11 Surviving
28:14 Outro
#pirates #history #piratecaptain #captain

[@Rickt2445]

I love your attention to detail on the mundanity of pirate life. It really helps put it all into perspective and I find to be the most interesting aspect of history.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Captain's journal: ''17 April. We passed the ship HMS Whatever. We most certainly didn't rob them.'' Quartermaster's journal: ''17 April. Ship wealth increases by 5000 gold coins''

[@minhducnguyen9276]

The captain is the marketing. The quartermaster is the accounting.

[@thomasleonardis711]

@@minhducnguyen9276shipmaster’s journal: “17 April. We put the crew and the ship through some maneuvers today. Overall a success.” -shipmaster is the chief of operations.

[@thedripkingofangmar6778]

Insane how well democracy can work when the voters are immediately and directly affected by bad policy, even when the voters are illiterate and often amoral

[@arcdecibel9986]

I guess, as long as they're directly stealing from helpless merchants and enslaving civilians, in this case. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. Their dinner was just the most helpless people they could find outside their organization. Regular military units with strict hierarchies, militias, and armed merchants or mercenary companies regularly beat the hell out of pirates for a very simple reason - they're all fighting for something more than plunder, even if it's just steady pay. A mercenary won't hold back where a pirate would, because he's not destroying his own compensation in the process. Pirates are just raiders, and having fought my share of those, I can tell you all this with certainty. The second the odds look like they might be in question, these sorts of fellows run away if they can, or surrender en masse.

[@sashakhan1262]

And when people vote on things they have expertise and/or experience on.

[@PirateTimz]

❤

[@jessemorris744]

​@@sashakhan1262as well as the leader

[@theamazingagnostic2819]

Democracy like communism can only work on a tiny scale like this. Democracy is a failed political system.

[@holdencolfield6676]

I think that generally, it was trust and respect that counted most, as if the crew trusted the captain he could lead them anywhere, and if they respected him he would stay alive or stay as captain. He would need to have capability to retain both. I think a lot of it boils down to something like "ship's culture". Not exactly in the ethnic sense, but in the atmosphere and combined mentality of the men and her leaders that make up the soul of the ship. It really looks like each ship was her own society. Is it my imagination, or does it seem as though the most successful pirate captains were always those unpredictable Jekyll and Hyde types?

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

I can't disagree on anything you said. I'm not sure the J&H aspect you bring up. I'll need to look into that; was nothing that came to mind in my learnings of pirates, interesting.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Pirate Captain is the best anime character. I mean how could he not be, voiced by Hugh Grant and all?

[@thamina.]

That "ate the grape" euphemism was hilarious! Thank you for the humor mixed with all the information.😄

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

I have been binge watching your videos after discovering your channel❤.... Had a sudden rush of interest with pirates after learning the History behind heavily fortified churches in my island.... Turns out that they doubled as forts against Moro pirates...

[@user-vt5yd4od8m]

Read if a prate I must be by Richard Sanders . A true account of the most successful pirate crew in history pirate captain Bartholomew Robert’s This crew was eventually captured and Captain CharlesJohnson wrote about them in 1724 😊

[@Fred-rj3er]

Love your vids. Just wanted to say. In one you mentioned some people putting you down and saying that your English is bad! Mate, I'm 63, Yorkshire born, Yorkshire bred, Yorkshire dead! Your English is actually brilliant. Indeed it is far better than the so called English that some of our ex collonials speak and claim to be English lol. Absolutely NO OFFENCE INTENDED to Americans lol. Just friendly banter. Oops. Just let the cat out of the bag 😂. Yes, you have an accent. So do I. Hey, try understanding someone speaking broad Barnsley or Glaswegian lol. To name but two.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Thank you so much!! That really made my day.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

I have no problem understanding, and my english sucks. But I don't need the subtitles when watching "swamp people" either

[@Rickt2445]

I'm American and I agree wholeheartedly mate. 👍 No offense taken here though. Some get triggered so easily these days and need to learn just to lighten up a little.

[@MrHrannsi]

You should hear me speak English, a true Yorkshiremen would go bonkers trying to understand a single word 😁

[@rebralhunter6069]

You'll be hard pressed to find the vulgar gutter speak of british "English" spoken on the moon.

[@duduachello]

Thanks a lot for such an extraordinary well performed content! I really love how you going through breaking a stereotypes by strong historic evidences. One of the best pirate-themed channels on KZbin. Sorry for grammar mistakes, greetings from Ukraine!

[@Mr.Kthehybrid]

Love it! 👍 when POTC came out I was in high school. I planned to commandeer with my best friend his uncles sailing yacht. Go on the account and plunder small millionaire yachts. Use the jewelry to trade with the poor Caribbean folk. 😂😊

[@camerongooch9606]

I am currently writing a fantasy pirate novel and your videos have been invaluable information in creating my world and writing accurately about it. Thank you

[@Captain_Cinnamon]

I waited for this for SO LONG🏴‍☠️

[@ostrowulf]

To be fair, as a kid playing with Lego, I pretended to be a navy man hunting down nasty pirates in the name of the crown. Even in Sid Mires Pirates, I would align with England and only hunted down who ever England was at war with.

[@samuelduchesne5841]

*shoot you in the head whit a comicly large blunderbuss steal your lego and remodel them to be pirate ship then hunt down english marchand vessel

[@ostrowulf]

​@@samuelduchesne5841LOL,that esclated. You took that one step higher than Henry Every.

[@matthewwyman1581]

That’s the best strategy for the game, though I like to align with the Dutch and bully the Spanish out of Curaçao, but I do make sure to keep a good relationship with France to maintain dominance over the West Indies as well

[@ostrowulf]

Yeah, I played by priority. Spanish were a primary target. France was a semi distant second while Dutch were rarely hit. If a really good oportunity came up, but Dutch were more my alternate backer.

[@pedroesquivelmenteylapiz818]

(Disclaimer: bad english. I am not from an english-speaking family) I love how theese are companies mainly based on murdering, raiding, stealing, kidnapping, enslaving, smuggling and plundering, and yet I genuinly admire some of them because of their democratic, reciproque and (semi) sustainable organization and sense of community.

[@HPsawus]

Every time I see someone say “sorry for the bad English” they have perfect English. You write better than most

[@AudieHolland]

Makes you wonder whether pirates were the first shareholders.

[@stevedenis8292]

Ah the fearsome Pirate sitting about drinking hot chocolate and eating pancakes. This just makes me want to be a Pirate even more.

[@vipvip-tf9rw]

Like modern mre which contains Skittles, strawberry jam, or candy, if one risk their live everyday why limit food

[@stefanavic6630]

You make your way around the Spanish Main while completing a variety of piratey mini-games in order to save your family from a rascal in a wig.

[@paulatejano3283]

The one main thing i reckon was the main source of motivation that could fuel even the weakest of man to partake the duty, the danger, the honor and the aventure filled life of a pirate capitain: ce could, maybe, have his own poopy hole.

[@ravenb3048]

I'm going to eat fruit and pancakes while drinking chocolate. Thank you very much for your most wonderful channel.

[@TheEggeater1111]

This was well done

[@benfreeman7131]

Nice work

[@jellyjar8898]

This vid gonna be a banger

[@sempersuffragium9951]

Awesome video, mate! It's been long awaited, and so worth the wait!

[@Hoosier_Cuddy765]

Another great upload keep up the Awesome work ‼️‼️🏴‍☠️🦜

[@miserablecuss3744]

Can't wait for the Pirate Pets episode!

[@MichaelSollienmusic]

Wow! This is truly what makes KZbin great. What a treasure trove of information this is.

[@House_of_Zodd]

Yeah new Pirate video!

[@edmundriddle3847]

You are a legend ⚔️

[@PRAEFECTVSMAGNVSXXXIII]

Everyone's dream: Pirate Captain! Me:Pirate Hunter Captain! 😂

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Oh I will look forward to the video on the pets pirates kept. Thanks again.

[@gilliandey2490]

Henry Avery I love

[@jamesmoore3694]

some of the best history on the bretheren i have ever seen

[@manuelkong10]

yeah, black spots, fake though they may be, I do love them and find them very useful

[@arnijulian6241]

A captain is a strange mix of a deputy Speaker, judge, Clergy & an an orator all while being a commander of course versed in maritime matters like sailing & navigation knowledge. The most desirable person for a Captain is not the most capable in anyone regard but a jack of all. The Seas throw many unknowns your way & so the best person to take charge is the most flexible calm & collected one out of the bunch. Those not flexible & adaptive enough are not Captain for long even today as a cramped cranky crew will more then voice their concerns if not act upon them! Honestly what is required on Pirates ship is much the same as what is required on any sea worthy vessel!

[@SpoopySquid]

You should do a video on Pirate Kings. I've read reliable sources that say it is, it is a glorious thing to be a Pirate King

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Very interesting look into the topic. I find the politics of piracy very interesting. Btw besides admiral at least some translations of the Buccaneers of America described Lollonais as "General of the buccaneers". Anyway just something I recall from the book. Cheers! 🏴‍☠️

[@yorik184]

great video and good telling what do you think about the Michael Crichton book pirate latitudes? I found it very compelling and well written, but what about historycal accurate?

[@Necheku]

I'm looking forward for the video about pets and pirates but I f you have already some birds examples to show me, that could be cool ^^

[@mageillus]

I gotta start reading those privateer books 📚

[@fireofhislove3395]

Don't be a barnakle. Share with those in need.

[@Searly255]

I know you said you're going to do a video on it but did pirates kep animals aboard for the same reason as the navy? Cats and small dogs for hunting pests, birds for scouting land etc?

[@-VOR]

16:16 um more lol I know you're joking. But the "dab" is a move in cossack dance dating to at heart the 1500's

[@austindeivert1198]

Ha I love sid meiers pirates I have it in my xbox library

[@VirgilAspect]

If a surgeon had been captured by pirates, never signed an article, fought in a battle or taken any shares, but did treat their injuries and healed their sicknesses, would he be treated as a pirate and charged as one if they were apprehend? Or would he still be considered an innocent man who had simply been held against his will?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

It was all about eyewitnesses. If people could testify that you were forced to be a pirate against your will you'd be released. Here's a concrete example of a surgeon like you asked: Dr. John Howell was forced by Benjamin Hornigold and he treated sick and wounded crewmen of the pirate's company. At Howell's trial, several eyewitnesses(including pirates) could prove that Howell was not complicit in their crimes and he was released as a result. Also note that surgeons would not partake in fighting. During engagements they'd be tucked away in the cockpit(surgery) for mending the wounded. During land engagements, Master Surgeons were kept safe behind the lines, but in some instances it seems like his Surgeon's mate followed the rest into battle and could act as field surgeons. How much they partook in active fighting I don't know.

[@VirgilAspect]

@@GoldandGunpowder thanks I greatly appreciate the response. I probably should've foreseen that a surgeon wouldn't be in the middle of a fight, considering his occupation.

[@Defenestration_]

make a vid abt the pirates animals or pets plz thx m8

[@kaynhuros2050]

Can you do a video on henry avery

[@ryanh4775]

I have been a man servant and I've also had man's servants. When is a simple interesting learning experience about life in general the other is simply wonderful to have in hindsight.

[@junglerajah7838]

Look at me! I’m the captain now.

[@TheOrangePatriot]

Balbosa the 🐐

[@MizMite2002]

Ghost Pirate or Pirate Ghost?

[@dareethan4159]

How do you feel about the pirates from the beginning of the spongebob SquarePants movie (original)

[@chaoctic7278]

Next one should be about pirate marines or marksmen?

[@darthnater8610]

Where is your accent from . I have been debating on a few different parts of Europe. I would guess Yugoslavia area ? Love the videos I use them to build as close as I can . Pirate display out of lego You have a great voice for commentary 👌

[@skitkorvboogie]

Swede.

[@PoDaBo]

Lets all chip in on a big boat. We can become pirates together!!!! Then we can sail the 7 seas doing as we please, arrrgh. The pirate life be for me

[@blurredwolf2339]

I'm building pirate shit on my Minecraft world. Or well.. finding a good spot for starters

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Success. More than brutality. Brutality will earn you a knife in the back, but if you can provide what they can't provide for themselves? Interesting. Even a captain must have his own skills and uses. Because a ship at sea is a microcosm of society. Thanks man. Subbed.

[@oh_killum_1096]

Have you made, or plan to make a video on actual factual sea shantys?

[@samditto]

Yes

[@alexrexaros9837]

He already talked about it and said that the pirates sang none because they were invented way after the golden age. They had musicians who sang popular songs on board. Also enough with the meme suggestions, do actual research.

[@oh_killum_1096]

@@alexrexaros9837 there's no meme references in my comment

[@oh_killum_1096]

@@alexrexaros9837 I'm a new subscriber to the channel. I have not watched every video the creator has made so it is quite respectable and understandable that I would ask if he has covered such subject. I do not have hours of free time to binge watch every video he has put forth. Im quite aware that assassin's Creed sea shantys are not based on actual songs sailors would sing if that is what you're getting at when you mention "meme suggestions". Seeing that this creator puts so much time and work into his videos and covers every facet of pirate life, history, and lore. I decided to cut to the chase as it were and ask him if he has covered the subject, and if so which video would he recommend I watch. Now, Do you understand you dullard why I posted such question in my original comment?

[@oh_killum_1096]

@@alexrexaros9837 it was a simple yes or no question, and if yes then which video. I did not need your two cents.

[@homelessswede9675]

hallå hallå

[@greg_4201]

on a French ship, surely it was more dangerous to disguise your wife as a boy!

[@chaoctic7278]

Also I think you may have referred to a Slave boy as it my guy

[@Alex-oz9eh]

🦜

[@patrickrichards2577]

✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨🤔✨😳✨☠️✨😵‍💫✨🤯✨.

[@kyledavis828]

☠️🏴‍☠️🦜

[@pattibailey3369]

I miss cocaine red wine and laudanum so goddamn much

[@elshebactm6769]

🗿👍🏿

[@hgt2008]

My father was a pirate captain for eleven years and everything this guy said was bullshit

[@HPsawus]

My dad was a member of your dads crew and he says you’re lying

[@BlakeHenson-zx8ce]

So like south Africa?

[@patrickrichards2577]

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[@bookofroger]

Look at me! I’m the captain now…

[@joeym1635]

Sounds like a sausage fest.

[@powdermuaythai]