The Pirate Round: Piracy in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

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Far beyond the Caribbean, lies an entirely different ocean. It is said that pools of algae gather on the surface to bloom and redden into blood. Ancient tribes have treaded its barren shoreline - Prophets - and strange, gigantic animals wet their hooves in its brine... but it is an ocean, far beyond the Caribbean.

Modern sources:
A Gold Chain, a Wooden Leg, and a Treasure Chest - Matthew Frick
King of the Pirates: The Swashbuckling Life of Henry Every - E.T. Fox
Pirates in their Own Words - E.T Fox
Pirates of the Americas - David F. Marley
Pirates of the Eastern Seas - Charles Grey
Pirate Nests and the rise of the British Empire - Mark G. Hanna
The Pirate Wars - Peter Earle
Sailing East: West Indian Pirates in Madagascar - Baylus C. Brooks
http://archeologiedelapiraterie.fr/en...

Period sources:
A General History of the Pyrates - Cpt. Charles Johnson
A Privateer's Voyage Round the World - George Shelvocke
Piracy Destroy'd - John Nutt

Music credits:
Jon Sayles of http://jsayles.com/familypages/earlym...
Kevin Macleod of https://incompetech.com/wordpress/
Jeff Van Dyck - Medieval II: Total War Soundtrack

Image credits:
By Romazur - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Pierre Markuse - Container Ship 'Ever Given' stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt - March 24th, 2021, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Background
5:55 The route
12:24 Motivations
22:10 Legendary Red Sea Men
27:53 Downfall
30:03 The route continues
34:08 Revival
37:54 Conclusion and outro

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