![]() ![]() ![]() Of course Naval heroes such as Francis Drake are even older, possibly going back as far as the sea going captains of ancient Greece, however the unique idea of a ship full of lawless bandits performing sea going robbery and living apart from any law and civilization other than what they create themselves has really captured the public consciousness, despite the fact that historically speaking most pirates were likely as romantic as a mugger. Pirates have been an overriding part of our culture for nearly 150 years, even though most of our modern stereotypes owe more to Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island - and subsequent works such as Moonfleet and Peter Pan - than to any sort of historical background. ![]() A practitioner of voodoo, Blackbeard is building an army of the living and the dead, to voyage together to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth awaits. Now known as Jack Shandy, this apprentice buccaneer soon learns to handle a mainsail and wield a cutlass - only to discover he is now a subject of a Caribbean pirate empire ruled by one Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard. ![]() Offered the choice to join the crew, or be killed where he stands, he decides that a pirate's life is better than none at all. 1718: Puppeteer John Chandagnac has set sail for Jamaica to recover his stolen inheritance, when his ship is seized by pirates. ![]()
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