Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
The History of English Podcast
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The Rummage of the Seas
Drake and his men continued to sail north, looking for the ever-elusive northwest passage. The process of arranging and rearranging cargo on a ship was called rummaging. In order to make room for something valuable, like gold and silver, it sometimes meant that the crew had to get rid of something less valuable.
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