The Tragedy of Captain Swan

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So this is the video that will not get any views whatsoever.

But I really wanted to make it, because this underrated pirate is actually one of my favorites.

Swan became a pirate for very particular and accidental reasons, proceeded to operate in some uncommon areas, and would eventually for victim to his own hubris. He almost circumnavigated the world, and ended his days as a Muslim in the Phillipines. Unlike most pirates, we actually have eyewitness description of what he looked like! And let me tell you - Captain Swan was THICC.

He HAD the glutes.

He WAS chonky.

And this is his story. Because I want to tell it.


0:00 Introduction
1:01 London, 1683
3:51 Into the South Sea
8:37 Panama
11:17 Mexico
14:25 The Great Crossing
16:42 Guam
18:28 Mindanao
21:22 Katharsis
23:47 Outro

Sources:
A Pirate of an Exquisite Mind - Diana and Michael Preston
A New Voyage Around the World - William Dampier
The Pirate's Who's Who - Phillip Gosse
Me, I was there, I am a reincarnated buccaneer

#pirate #biography #history