What life was like as a Pirate Captain | Pirate Jobs

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Just about everyone who is fascinated by pirates has dreamt of being a pirate captain. Whether it was when running around with wooden swords at the beach, or when booting up Sid Meier's Pirates after watching the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, it is an appealing fantasy to be in the command of your own ship and crew. To do whatever you please, to go wherever you want.

These fantasies, being a means of escape from responsibilities like going to school, work, cleaning your room and taking out the trash, omits the responsibilities that a pirate captain had.

The life of a pirate captain was always on the knife's edge. But for those individuals with the ability, charisma, and brutality, it could win them untold fame, and fortune.

Modern sources
Piratical Schemes and Contracts - E.T Fox
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
Dictionary of Pirate Biography - Baylus C. Brooks
Pirates in their Own Words - E.T Fox

Period sources
A Voyage Round the World - William Betagh
William Dick's South Sea Voyage - William Dick
A relation of the great sufferings - Henry Pitman
The Seamans Vade-Mecum - William Mountaine
A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Woodes Rogers
A New Voyage Around the World - William Dampier

0:00 Introduction
1:19 How you became a Captain
4:17 Electing a Captain
6:26 Duties
9:58 Authority
12:41 His cabin
14:55 Clothing
17:47 Food
19:14 Companions
21:51 The Captain in battle
25:11 Surviving
28:14 Outro

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