Pirates
Pirates
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One of the most successful pirates of all time was Welshman
Bartholomew Roberts. He captured around 400 ships in his
lifetime.Pirates
While it was perfectly fine to use an enemys skull as a goblet,
it was considered rude to use their entire vivisected head as a
puppet. Especially if you mocked them by making their own head talk
in a high-pitched voice.Pirates
Unfortunately, there are no known pirates that actually kept
parrots as pets. Privateer Franois le Clerc was known to have a
wooden leg.When a pirate said, shiver me timbers it was actually a
request for another pirate to shave an especially difficult to
reach portion of his back. While pirates would allow their faces
and chests to get hairy, there was a strong superstition against
hairy backs. By the way, shiver means shave and timbers means lower
back.
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Pirates often didnt get enough vitamin C while on long voyages
which resulted in them getting a disease called crickets that
caused them to go blind in one eye. This is why pirates often are
depicted wearing eye-patches.Pirates
A ships log book is called a log book because the speed of a
ship was measured by dragging a log behind it.Pirates
Maps with xs to mark the spot are a creation of the movies.
Pirates would simply memorize where they left their treasure and
communicate it to others through dance.Pirates
Good maps and sea charts were very rare and highly valued by
pirates. When Bartholemew Sharp captured a Spanish ship in 1681,
the crew tried to throw their maps overboard. Sharp stopped them
just in time. Legend has it the crew cried when they saw him take
the maps.Pirates
A piece of eight was a Spanish coin that was worth eight reales
(another Spanish coin).Pirates
There were pirates all over the world. The pirates of the
Caribbean regularly operated as far off as New England and
Newfoundland, West Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Brazil.Pirates
Gilbert and Sullivan were the two most dangerous pirates to ever
live. Born conjoined twins, they were finally blown apart during a
vicious sea battle with a British Major General, when an errant
cannonball struck their shared hip.While together, they were
considered to be the Kind of Pirates. Apart, they were forced to
retire to a life in the theater, reenacting their final battle in
Penzance for pennies a day.Pirates
No one knows why pirates had flags, but it may have been to
strike fear into the hearts of other ships, and make them surrender
quickly.Pirates
The combination to Davy Jones Locker was right 32, left 17,
right 26.supposedly to find part of his treasure.Pirates
Although much is made of the fact that pirates used the phrase
arrrr, actual pirates usually punctuated their sentences with the
letter q. For example, Q, me tresure is over there,
matey.Pirates
Blackbeards peg leg was a medical necessity. He lost his leg to
diabetes, but all the other pirates got wooden legs as a fashion
choice. Some of the peg legs used by pirates were actually quite
gaudy and covered in jewels.Pirates
The golden age of pirates was 1764-1856, but there are still
pirates today. Todays pirates are not the colorful figures of the
past.Female pirates were very common as well.PiratesNow, Take the
Map 1Cut out the small little symbol at the top right of page
(where the scissors symbol is located).Follow Instructions on the
sheet to figure out the secret code/location of the
treasure.PiratesFinally, Turn to the back Create your own treasure
map. You can be creative, have someone to find a secret code, etc.
Try to see if someone can find your treasure based on your map.
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