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Apr 20, 2021 • 32min

Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

The summer of 1694, immediately following the mutiny aboard Charles II, saw several dozen Privateering commissions handed to ships' captains from Colonial New England. Today we discuss the governors who did so, and two of the Captains who received them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 6, 2021 • 33min

Episode 207 - A Piratical Account

In his first act of piracy Henry Every strove to prove that while he might be a bad guy, he wasn't such a bad guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 30, 2021 • 35min

Episode 206 - Hungry, Stout, & Resolute

On the 8th of May, 1694, Henry Every called the crew of Charles II to a council before the mast. They discussed the voyage, the captain, and the name of their ship. Nine months later, after a stop at the Cape Verde, the Fancy stopped at Cape Town where Henry Every wrote the world a letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 23, 2021 • 32min

Episode 205 - The Sword Shall Maintain Me

A few weeks after Henry Every captured the Charles II, a ballad began to filter into the world detailing the life and crimes of the new Captain. Reportedly, they were written by Every himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 16, 2021 • 37min

Episode 204 - A Man of Fortune

Henry Every took command of the Charles II but before the crew could depart they had to deal with those who would not turn pirate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 9, 2021 • 34min

Episode 203 - The Drunken Boatswain

May 7th, 1694. Henry Every & a cabal of sailors hatch their plot to steal the Charles II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 2, 2021 • 36min

Episode 202 - A Coruña

The sailors of The Spanish Expedition set sail from London in August 1693. By January 1694 they made it all the way to the coast of Spain. The voyage wasn't going well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 23, 2021 • 39min

Episode 201 - A Very Pleasant Man

Thomas Tew was far from the first pirate to call New York home but his time in the colony caused such a stir that everyone in the English speaking world took notice. Everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 16, 2021 • 37min

Episode 200 - Kidd in New York

I unironically use the word unbeknownst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 2, 2021 • 35min

Episode 199 - One Last Ride

Our last episode before we reach 200 concerns the last voyages of two long time pirates - two Old Guard Buccaneers - Pierre le Picard & Thomas Paine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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