Ports O' Call On The Internet
Swashbucklin' Links from "No Quarter
Given"
Arrgh - 'n sailing the Cyberseas, are ya? Well, here's other safe ports
and havens you might like ta visit. If'n you know of a site that should be listed here, or
if you find any links that send ya astray, please let
us know. Come back to this harbour often - we'll be updating this section frequently.
The information is divided into the following categories:
Piracy in general
- Pirates of
the Caribbean - (no connection with the movie) good, concise material, nice graphics
- updated 10/17/04
- Pirates Cove
- graphic rich, but extensive site - updated
7/5/06
- Pyrates Providence -
"a starting point for those inclined to go on the account" - updated
10/17/04
- Gentlemen of Fortune - Living History 1690-1725 Golden Age of Piracy - updated
10/17/04
- Swashbuckler's Cove
- extensive site, lots of material not found elsewhere - updated
1/31/05
- Pirates & Privateers
- Cindy Vallar's monthly articles on piracy & privateering - updated
1/1/04
- Welcome to Pirates! -
extensive site, good teacher resource section
- The Pirate's Library -
source of many standard pirate reference books - updated
1/8/05
- The
Pirate's Life - pirates, ships, flags & more -- great graphics,
images of artifacts
- Captain Morgan's
Journal - many links & good bibliography on early pirates & vikings
- The
Captain's Cabin - mix of pirate facts, poems, art & tales - new
6/22/04
- Le Diable Volant - in
English & French, 17th c. Caribbean pirates, many original documents
- Piece of Eight: A Guide to 17th-Century Piracy
- Isle of
Tortuga - In Dutch and English, with many primary documents
- Defiant Women:
Pirates
- Booty: Girl Pirates on the
High Seas - book about lots of female pirates
- Women Pirates & Privateers: Real and Legendary
- extensive list
- Pirates Of The Caribbean
- Virgin Islands pirate history
- The History of the Spanish Treasure Fleet System
- new 1/8/05
- Pirates of the Spanish Main - lots of links,
classic graphics
- Index of Piracy
- list of pirate links
- Pirate Mythtory
- correcting many of our misconceptions about pirates - new
1/8/05
- LEGENDS - Pirates & Privateers - mostly
links and references
- Pirates and Privateers - by
Cindy Vallar - Suite 101 archived articles
- Welcome to Pirate's Cove -
good resources, seafaring info, underwater archeology
- Pirates Homepage - The students
of Rochedale State School contribute to this site
- The Pirate's Hold -
pirate roster, timeline, list of computer & RPG games - updated
3/13/04
- Pirates - by Ryan
Elwell (good Quotes page)
- The
Mysterious & Unexplained - Oak Island - mysterious
"treasure" pit in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Oak Island Treasure -
excellent British site about the mystery
- Oak Island Coffee House
- Discussions and multi-media on the Oak Island Treasure Hunt - new
9/18/07
- Lost Treasure of the Knights
Templar:: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
- Piracy in Newfoundland
- Pirates of the Whydah - National
Geographic
- Expedition Whydah - The Legend of Capt. Bellamy
- Pirate
Ghosts: Whydah -- Current Expedition
- Treasure Pirates of the Whydah
- Barry Clifford's hunt for sunken treasure ships
- Beej's Pirate Image Archive
-- great resource of images in public domain
- Jolly Roger: Pirate
History - images of pirate flags and history of their pirates - new
10/28/07
- Pirates Of The Bahamas
- Port Royal - The
famous Pirate City, much of it sunk by an earthquake
- Port Royal Project - Texas
A&M - Institute of Underwater Archeology
- The History of St.
Augustine - attacked by Drake and other pirates
- Pirate Law:
WEAPONS - written by Anne Read
- I Sailed with Chinese
Pirates - true account
- Punks 'n Pirates - history
(Baltic pirates), songs (some in Swedish), humor
- A Pirates
Progress: How the Maritime Rogue Became a Multicultural Hero
- Blackbeard's
Bottle - What did the Pirates drink?
- PsychoWench's Jolly Roger Page -
learn meaning of symbols on pirate flags (click on Moto-Munkey Patches, then
scroll down to the link at Jolie Rogue in the list) - new
2/5/05
- Pirates on Stamps -
images of stamps with the piracy theme
- The Fate of Theodosia Burr
- was she attacked by pirates?
- The Portrait of Theodosia Burr
- more of the story.
- Pirates and
Nautical criminals - from the Newgate Calendar, Kidd, Roche, Gow,
& others - new 11/18/07
- Richard
Coyle - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey - trial transcript - new
11/30/07
Privateering and Letters of Marque
(of course, many of the sites above deal with privateers - these are sites that
specially focus on privateers)
Individual Pirates
(grouped roughly in alphabetical order by the name of the pirate or his/her
nickname)
- Blackbeard Lives - The contest is over,
but it's still a great site.
- In
Search of Blackbeard , article from Historic Traveller
- Queen Anne's
Revenge - investigating the remains of Blackbeard's flagship - new
1/2/05
- Blackbeard's Homepage ........the King of
Pirates
- Blackbeard's Ship
Believed Discovered
- The Story of Blackbeard - from
Teach's Hole - Blackbeard Exhibit & Pirate Specialty Shop
- Home of Blackbeard the
Pirate - Blackbeard sites in coastal N. Carolina - new
1/2/05
- Blackbeard
Rises Again - Discovery Online's Queen Anne's Revenge updates
- Surface Interval Diving Company - Lookin'
for Blackbeard's final prize, the Martinique sugar ship
- Anne Bonney Home Page
-historical information written by her namesake
- Anne Bonny and Mary Read
- Defiant
Women: Anne Bonny
- Bouchard's attack on San
Juan Capistrano
- William Dampier -
buccaneer, world explorer, and naturalist
- Captain John Deane -
Adventurer and pirate
- Sir Francis Drake, the Buccaneer
- Sir Francis Drake
- Legends: Sir Francis Drake
- Robert Drury's Journal
- a pirate's adventures in Madagascar
- Fieldwork
in Madagascar - the shipwreck of the Degrave, which stranded
Robert Drury
- Peter Easton, the Marquis
of Savoy - one of the most infamous pirates of the 17th c
- Peter
Easton - Pirate Admiral
- Peter
Easton "The Pirate Admiral" - his activities in
Newfoundland - new 1/2/05
- Granuaile - Irish
chieftain and pirate, aka "Grace O'Malley"
- Defiant
Women: Granuaile
- Gráinne Ní Mháille ~ Pirate
Queen of Connaught
- Granuaile
O'Malley
- Grace O'Malley - by Judy Staley
- Grainne
Ni Mhaille - based on "Uppity Women of Medieval Times"
- Granuaile
- Daughter of Owen The O'Malley
- Piet Heyn
- famous Dutch privateer
- John Paul Jones Page
- John Paul Jones - Pirate or Patriot
- Famous Pirates - Kidd, Lafitte, Rackham
- Captain Kidd
- The Pirate
Hunter - based on book about Kidd, see real documents, & Kidd's home
- Diving
for Captain Kidd's Sunken Ship - a Discovery adventure
- Captain Kidd's Island Found - a
good bio & possible location for Kidd's treasure
- Thomas Lacy
and the Pirate - a page from the Lacy family history
- The Laffite Society
- organization devoted to the study of the privateers Jean & Pierre Laffite
- Jean
Lafitte - Gentleman Pirate - online book
- Olivier Le Vasseur
- (in French) aka La Buse (the Buzzard) - new
1/2/05
- Old
Hickory and the Pirate - Jean Lafitte
- Great Characters of New
Orleans - Jean Lafitte
- Henry
Morgan: The Pirate Who Invaded Panama in 1671 - article written by
Robert Guttman, published in the October 1991 issue of Military History
magazine - new 8/27/07
- Henry Morgan, Pirate Ship
- May be the one found off of Haiti
- Henry Morgan - A Welsh Buccaneer
- A Morgan Family
Reunion - history of the Morgan family, including Henry Morgan
- Jean David Nau -
(in French) aka François L'Olonnais, very detailed with maps - new
1/2/05
- John
Nutt, Newfoundland Pirate
- Gilbert Pike and Sheila
Na Geira - Gilbert & Sheila Pike
- Princess Sheila NaGira -
a romantic story of a pirate and a princess, more on the Pikes
Pirate Study Lessons for Younguns and not-so-Younguns
Smuggling
- Smuggler's Britain -
the story of smuggling in 18th and 19th century Britain by Richard Platt -
new 2/17/07
Modern Piracy (yes - they are not pirates of the Golden Age, but
they are real!)
Piracy in Other Languages
(some sites can be translated roughly
using the Alta Vistas
Babel Fish Translation Site, or other translation software)
- Pirates & Corsaires -
pirate biographies, some very detailed with maps, catalog of comics, games,
movies, in French - new
1/2/05
- Piraten:
Die Herren der Sieben Meere - the Lords of the Seven Seas - in German
- Barbenoire - "Blackbeard" in
French
- Le Diable Volant -
"The Flying Devil" -- in French & English
- La nouvelle
Piraterie - French site about piracy, historical & modern
- L'Esprit Caraibes - piracy in
the Caribbean
- Cocostresors -
Cocos Islands & their pirate treasures (French)-click Sommaire at bottom
for much more - updated 1/4/04
- Pendez- les haut et court
- (French) Pirates of Madagascar, & Indian Ocean (actual
documents)
- Bienvenue chez Les Dodos Pirates
- Dutch Pirate Site "Piracy" -
letters of Marque - in several languages
- Pirates! - French site,
gives many documents & maps
- Les pirates - yet another French
pirate site
- L'Ile de la Tortue - French site on
Caribbean piracy with a great map
- Sang et Poudre! - translates to Blood
& Powder, sections on Cuba, Indian Ocean
- Another French Site
- La Ruta de los Corsarios
- In Spanish, promotes book "Route of the Corsairs
- Piracka Przystan na Wzburzonych
Wodach Internetu - Polish site with English summary
Salamagundi - Other
Pirate Sites
These are sites that are not historical, piratical fact. There are about how piracy has
been used and interpreted in many ways. Some are ficticious, . . . often
fun and silly as well.
Books, Plays, & Poems (Literary & Cultured Piracy)
Pirate Movies
Pirate Museums, Groups, Festivals and Shows
(looking to join up with a crew, visit our Crews to
sign on with page)
Musical Pirates, and Salty Songs with a Roguish Touch
( more on musical pirate groups and recordings - Music
to Maraud By)
- The
Pirate Musical - Survivor meets Pirates of the Caribbean in a musical
adventure for all ages - new
10/5/07
- The Jolly Rogers - one of our
favorite swashbuckling singing groups
- Pyrates Royale - another of our favorites -
singing buccaneers with a debauched repertoire
- The Bilge Pumps -
shanties done in a piratical vein, yet another of our favorites
- The Corsairs - still another
favorite, a piratical singing group from
Scarborough Faire
- The Crimson Pirates
-New York area singing group
- Dark Cove - Pirate black
metal band in the UK - new
1/11/05
- Jolly Garogers - pirate band
in Austin, TX - new
1/11/05
- The Shantyman - Greg Csikos
sings sea shanties, nautical tunes & pirate songs - new
2/22/04
- Pirate Jenny - rock
pirate group from
Oregon, another favorite of ours
- Marooned! - shanty singing group
from the Las Vegas Age of Chivalry Faire - updated
4/22/04
- The Captain and his Buccaneer
Oarkestra - great party music
- Sea Chantyes of the Toucan Pirates
- musical adventure on the high seas
- The Brig
- Music of Sforzando, Australian rock group, some piratical pieces
- The Pirates - piratical
blues?
- Yo Ho Ho -
"Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest", aka "The Derelict" - lyrics
- Barrett's Privateers - song
about Canadian privateers, written by Stan Rogers
- Barrett's Privateers: History
of Myth -explains the song in detail
- Terror of the Sea
- pirate heavy metal/techno music (I think that's what you call it)
- Running
Wild - Heavy Metal Band with great pirate lyrics
- Bloody Buccaneers - Dutch
heavy metal band, great pirate lyrics in English - new
5/13/04
- The Song from "The Pirates of the
Carribean"
- The Ballad of Patch Eye
& Meg - song by Michelle Shocked
- Jimmy Buffett's Magaritaville
- Son of a Son of a Web Page -
the Parrothead Page
- The Bitter
End Website - links to many shanty collections
Swashbuckling Artists, and Illustrated Pirate Tales
Games, Puzzles, Jokes and Frivolous Activities
- Ax A Pirate - the Pirate
"answers" questions sent in - new
2/5/07
- Chat Like a
Pirate - how would a pirate chat on the internet? - new
8/18/06
- Plunder - card game that
comes in a treasure chest - new
8/8/05
- Plunder Fan Club - fan club
for the above card game - new 8/8/05
- Dogs of the Seas - Massive
Multiplayer Pirating Game - new
1/8/08
- Pirates of the Spanish Main
- Constructible Strategy Game, also new Pirates of the Crimson Main - new
4/18/05
- Sid Meier's Pirates - newly revised
game for PCs - new 2/21/05
- Ace Murder Mystery Games -
Pirate Murder Mystery - new
7/5/04
- Pirates! - RPG from New
Dimension Games, click on "Pirates" box
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- the Game -- for XBox and PC
- Pirates! 25mm Miniature Battles on the High Seas
- Port Hidalgo - a game of
rogues in the golden age of piracy
- Skull and Bones
- a new pirate RPG, compatible with D&D, released March 2002 0
- The
Burly Ghost - on going role playing game for people that love pirates - new
1/31/05
- CutThroats - scroll down to Cutthroats,
find a great screensaver too
- 7th Sea - Role-playing
game website
- Cutthroats & Brigands - 7th Sea
Role-playing Game fansite
- Pirates! - Micropose
simulation game of Caribbean buccaneering 1560-1700
- Pirate Junk - online game in the
South China Seas of the 1860's
- Pirates
of the Caribbean - a role-playing "chat", lots of factual
resources
- Seven Seas - scroll down to a fun
game (only yer shootin' at the pirates)
- Wooden Ships & Plastic Men
- a do-it-yourself game
- Swashbuckling Games -
Swashbuckling isn't really a specific game; it's an attitude.
- Captain Morgan presents Cybership2: Voyage to the Bottom
of the Net
- Pirateer - Board Game
- Pirate
Treasure Hunts -- fun tips on creating your own treasure hunt games
- Mr. McGroovy's Pirate
Adventure - build your own pirate ship from large cardboard boxes -
new 3/26/07
- Pyrates -
face-to-face role playing pirate game
- The Free Booters Alliance - Live
Role Play Pirates
- The Lost Tavern - dedicated to the game
"Pirates!"
- Furry Pirates
- a RPG book set in a world of anthropomorphic furries
- Ships & Pirates - online
multi-user game
- About Arrrggh! - The Pirate
Game - computer pirate game
- The United Pirates of the
Catskills - online role playing guild
- RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren
CD-Rom game
- Redhook's Revenge! - game
- Redhook's Revenge! - more on the game
- Monkey Island Grog Tavern
- tips for playing the Monkey Island games from LucasArts
- Swashbuckling on the Internet! - Site
dedicated to the game Pirates!
- Plundered Hearts - bodice
ripper pirate computer game
- Piece of Eight's Home Port -
links to many pirate games
- Pirate
Tombstones - clever epitaphs for many pirates - new
1/2/05
- Pirate Riddles of
the Seven Seas
- The Pirate's Cove - Music, maps, games,
wallpaper, etc.
- Lego Pirates
- Evil Stevie's Pirate Game
- imagine pirate D&D played with LEGO pirate ships... - new
7/19/05
Buccaneerin' Foods and Drinks
Excursions and Travel
- Jolly Pirates Aruba - cruise
aboard a pirate ship in Aruba for day trips, snorkeling, and weddings.
- new 10/29/07
Misc. Piratical Endeavours
- Talk Like a Pirate Day - Dave
Barry promoted it, but now, learn the whole story & while yer at it, ask
Capt. Slappy a question
- Bus Pirates - very funny video
episodes - new 4/13/07
- The Adventures of Pirate Bendy
- follow Bendy's voyages (and if you want Bendy on yer crew, contact us --
we offer him in our swag) - new
3/26/07
- The Pirate Pom - Fo’c’sle Jack, the Pirate Pom, captain of the Dread Ship Pork Chop
- Bilgemunky - reviews of pirate
swag, commentary, and Bilgemunky
Pirate RADIO - new 3/26/07
- Shaiibeard's Avast - an hilarious
online news website for buccaneers
- Sir Berky's
Wharf - an imaginary pirate village, with lots of links
- The Pyrate King - visit
a pirate tavern, listen to salty tales
- Cap'n Ron's Cabana
- Cyber Jacques the Pixel Pirate -
wacky characters & exciting adventures
- 826 Valencia,
pirate-themed store & student Writing Center - new
2/13/05
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These are general nautical sites. See next category for individual
ships..
General Maritime Sites
Celebrating Voyages of Old
Maritime Museums
Maritime Re-enactment Groups
Sea Songs & Shantys
Many of these tall ships are replicas, as most of the originals have not
survived the trials of time. Still they help
re-create the nautical experience of buccaneers. We recommend you visit
these ships when you have a chance to do so. More
about tall ships No Quarter Given has been associated with.
- Schooner Adventuress - Puget
Sound historic schooner
- Topsail Schooner Alvei
- main topsail schooner sailing the world's oceans
- American Pride - 3-masted schooner docked in Long Beach, CA
- Amistad - replica project
- Amorina - queen of the
Red Sea
- Barque Elissa at
Texas Seaport Museum
- Batavia
1629 - A seventeenth century shipwreck
- Brig Niagara, original War of 1812 ship in
Erie, PA
- Californian, 1848 revenue cutter
replica -- California's official tallship - updated
10/10/04
- Duyfken 1606 Replica
Foundation - replica of Australia's 1st known European visitor
- El
Cazador - Lost at sea in 1784, rediscovered in 1993, this ship
contained a store of riches destined for New Orleans to help save the
colony. - new 12/17/05
- Elizabeth
II - at Roanoke Island Festival
Park, replica of Walter Raleigh's16th c. ship
- Bark Endeavour -
replica of Captain Cook's famous vessel
- Fantome -
history of ship sunk during Hurricane Mitchell
- Friends
Good Will Sloop - replica of an 1813 sloop
from the Battle of Lake Erie - updated
4/20/05
- Gazela - Philadelphia's Tall
Ship, barkentine
- Golden Hind -
replica of Drake's ship in replica in Brixham, Devon - updated
8/11/06
- Götheborg - East Indiaman sailing ship
under construction in Sweden (in Swedish)
- Governor
Stone - schooner replica in Apalachicola, FL - updated
10/11/04
- Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
- homeport in Washington State of the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian
Chieftain - new
3/1/08
- Hawaiian Chieftain, San
Francisco Bay area - new
1/5/07
- Hermione
- a reconstruction of Lafayette's ship
- HMS Bounty -
join her on her voyages generally along the East Coast
- HMS
Bounty - by former crew, family & friends of the 1962 replica Bounty
- HMS Detroit -
construction project in Ontario, Canada
- HMS Fowey, excavation of
wreckage
- "HMS" Rose
- replica of the vessel that caused the birth of the U.S. Navy
- "HMS" Rose
- played HMS Surprize, now docked in San Diego for tours - updated
10/11/04
- HMS Frigate Unicorn
- early 19th c. frigate
- HMS Victory
- pride of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, England
- Jolly Roger -
replica galleon in the Cayman Islands - updated
10/11/04
- Kalmar Nyckel -
Delaware's tallship ambassador
- Lady Washington, Grays Harbor
Hist. Seaport, in Washington
- Le Renard -
rebuilding a Napoleonic era corsair
- Maryland Dove
- Historic St. Mary's City's ship in Maryland - updated
10/11/04
- Mary Rose, 16th C. warship
raised from the seafloor in Portsmouth, England
- Mystic Whaler - traditional
windjammer
- Mystic Seaport, home of many historic
vessels
- Brig Pilgrim II -
replica of the ship in "Two Years Before the Mast", Dana Point Harbor, CA -
updated 10/11/04
- Pride of Baltimore
II, topsail schooner in Maryland
- Privateer Lynx,
topsail schooner, a War of 1812 replica, homeported in Newport Beach - updated
10/11/04
- Privateer
Rattlesnake, 1780 ship replica in Florida
- Reef Chief - 65' wooden
schooner out of Key West
- The Royaliste - 18th-century dispatch gunboat/bomb ketch
in SF Bay area
- Schooner Sultana , under
construction in Maryland
- Schooner Wolf -
schooner in Key West
- Sloop Providence - faithful
replica of John Paul Jones' first command - updated
9/28/05
- Spirit of
Dana Point - the renamed "Pilgrim of Newport" - updated
10/11/04
- Stad Amsterdam - Dutch
site with English version
- Star of India,
World's oldest active ship in San Diego, CA - updated
10/11/04
- Swift of Ipswitch, topsail
schooner, L. A. Maritime Inst., CA
- USS Constellation,
official website of the sloop of war, Baltimore, MD
- Vasa,
Swedish royal warship (link at top to view website in English) - updated
10/11/04
- Welcome, 1775
replica
The buccaneers and sea dogs did not live in a vacuum. To understand
their world, and to better re-create a pirate portrayal, you need to understand all aspects
of life in the period you wish to relive. Sites devoted to preserving history,
or re-creating an historical environment:
Historical
Locations & Websites
Living History Groups, Re-enactment Websites,
Events & Periodicals
Staged Combat and Historical Fighting Styles
Costuming & Outfitting for Pirates
If you want to play pirate, you'll need a swashbuckling outfit. These
sites might help you decide what is the proper loo, and some give advice on
construction of such.. Also, peruse our listing of Merchants and
Smugglers for sources to acquire costumes, supplies and props:
- Gentlemen of Fortune -
Living History 1680-1725 Golden Age of Piracy, historically accurate and
detailed. Best resource I've seen illustrating a sailor's (and pirates)
kit (garb) - updated 2/26/07
- Pirate Mythtory:
Pirate Clothing - another good description of pirate clothing using
period illustrations
- Reconstructing
History: Article Directory - several articles, including a
beginner's guide to Historic Clothing, hand-stitching, and clothing of the
Golden Age of Piracy. new 3/27/07
- The Salacious Historian's Lair - great
resource for Baroque and 17th c costuming & culture, section on pirates,
lots of period images & quotes - new
12/17/05
- PiratePics - Many,
many periods images of sailors & pirates from medieval era to early 19th
c - new 7/1/05
- 17th and 18th
Century Scottish Costume - for those who want to portray Red Legs
Greaves and other Scottish pirates - new
4/4/07
- Military Artifacts of
Spanish Florida, 1539-1821 - An Internet museum showing Spanish colonial
(and also Bourbon French) military artifacts, mostly buttons & buckles,
which pirates might have acquired.- new
12/17/05
- The Costume Page
- Costume Sewing
Resources - links for sewing tips for historical costumers of many eras - new
3/20/04
- "The History of Costume"
- Online Book
- The Costume Site - Milieux
- The Shadows of the Past - Period
spectacles
- Sewing Tips for 17th Century Costume
- new 3/20/04
- The Renaissance Tailor -
Recreating 16th & 17th c. clothing, construction techniques - new
3/20/04
- Baroque Costumes -
French & English Baroque. Excellent reference on fashions of 1638-1715 -
updated 3/22/04
- The Anatomy of Male Costumes
- surviving 18th c. costumes of the V&A Museum - new
3/20/04
- The Anatomy of
Female Costumes - surviving 18th c. costumes of the V&A Museum - new
3/20/04
- Historical Clothing
- bibliography for design & construction of clothing throughout history
- Would You Wear This?
- Women's Clothing During Hannah Penn's Time
- new 10/25/04
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Mermaids & Mythic Sea Lore
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