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.