Episode 6: Pirates pretending to be Navies

We’re back after 2 years! On this special return episode, we talk about how pirates in the golden age of piracy (c. 1660-1730) got away with imitating Royal Navy pirate hunters. It’s giving Mission Impossible meets Pirates of the Caribbean! Sources: Ed Fox “Jolly Rogers: The True History of Pirate Flags” (Fox Historical, 2015), Benerson Little “The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730”(UNE Press 2005), Amy Miller, “Dressed to Kill: British Naval Uniforms, Masculinity, and Contemporary Fashions 1748-1857” (National Maritime Museum, 2007), Victor Suthren “Black Flag of the North: Bartholomew Roberts, King of the Atlantic Pirates “(Dundurn 2018), Timothy Wilson “Flags at Sea…” (National Maritime Museum 1986), Devin Lurie “Understanding Mexico’s Piracy Problem” (American Security Project 2020), and many primary sources!