Blog Post 2

Sir Francis Drake was a protuberant figure that can be found in the history books. These books and accounts reflect on his naval ability and coated him to be an honorable commander that was loyal to his home nation serving the queen unquestioningly. But, on the flip side of things there is another side of the story that hasn’t been told yet. Under the Black Flag makes Sir Francis Drake out to be a fabled privateer who preyed on the Spanish near the treasure port of Nombre de Dios and returning all of his plunders faithfully back to queen Elizabeth in England. It defines the bounty as being worth over 68 million dollars in today's day and age. It continues to say that he dumped 5 tons of silver into the Royal English courts even though he really kept 21 tons for himself. This raised a question, "Was Sir Francis Drake really that noble?" It is a very difficult question to answer because of the absolute difference in facts about Drake but in my opinion based on the fact that he kept the vast majority of the silver that he was supposed to claim for his queen and country prove to me that he is more of a pirate that a nobleman.

Blog Post 10

This semester I learned so much about pirate that it shocked me. I learned about what different flag colors meant and their significance. I was able to learn about how pirates were able to navigate through the ocean and how they had impaired vision navigating. I also learned about some of the pirate weaponry that was used during the pirate era. During my presentation I learned so much about black Piracy and how black people influenced the pirate world as a whole and the roles that they played to help make it what it was. Black Beards branding was another thing that I learned about I learned that he intentionally did things so that his name could get out there as a fierce pirate that he is. I also learned about some of the food that pirates would partake in like for example the crackers that they had to keep dry in order for them to last the long voyages across the sea. All in all this semester taught me so much about the pirate lifestyle and everything that it compassed from the different punishments that the crew members would receive upon breaking a pirate code to the rewards that they would get for successful raids, this semester taught me more about pirates than i've ever known.

Blog Post #4 Fact vs Fiction

The two books Under the Black Flag and Buccaneers and Pirates have information that contradict each other. In under the black flag when it highlights the voyage of captain Henry Morgan it gives a totally different account to how the event happened than in Buccaneers and Pirates Some of the things we saw was that in Under the Black Flag were some of Sir Henry Morgan's accomplishments like the raid on Panama and the successful robbery of 250,000 pesos. And the fact that he was never punished for any of his crimes in fact he was even rewarded and made a Lord but in Buccaneers and Pirates this is very different.