The Pirate History Podcast

Thomas Tew was far from the first pirate to call New York home but his time in the colony caused such a stir that everyone in the English speaking world took notice. Everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I unironically use the word unbeknownst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our last episode before we reach 200 concerns the last voyages of two long time pirates - two Old Guard Buccaneers - Pierre le Picard & Thomas Paine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the story of two pairs of people, two real and two imaginary. A real author used a fake name to write the story of a fake pirate intertwined with a real pirate. Does that make sense? It will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The frigate Charles II was among the best ships in English waters circa 1693. The Houblon Brothers commissioned her for The Spanish Expedition, and hired the very best mariners money - and food - could buy. Including Henry Every. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nine Years War almost halted the piratical career of Henry Every before the Spanish Expedition even left port. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William III, William Phips, and William Dampier. And Henry Every. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Carolina Colony is one of the most iconic locales in all of pirate mythology. Today we look at the founding of Carolina, her pirate roots, and the ties to Pirates of the Round and St. Mary's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Pirates of the Round turned to piracy some of them served as illegal slavers in a global criminal conspiracy. It was dirty business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mongols and Mughals and Pirates. Oh my! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The early years of the Nine Years War saw dozens of Privateering Commissions handed out to ships intended to raid West African slaver outposts. One of those ships, Amity under Captain Thomas Tew, chose to ignore that commission and sail instead for Adam Baldridge's pirate haven at St. Mary's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In July 1690 the English fought a pitched naval engagement against France that would define the future of the Nine Years War and turn hundreds of Royal Navy men and privateers away from service and toward a life of piracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Captain Kidd y'all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Baldridge. Bachelor's Delight. Madagascar. St. Mary's. Cygnet. Libertalia. Flintlock pistols & pirate cutlasses. It's all coming together. We'll get to tricorn hats & parrots next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Halloween we finish the story of the Salem Witch Trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The end of March, 1692, was a dark and terrifying time in Salem, Massachusetts. More and more girls came forward to accuse ever more people of witchcraft. We can't begin to cover all of them, but these are the events that typify the atmosphere in New England when witches - and the Devil - roamed free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Phips returned from the Battle of Port Royal in triumph. He leveraged that into political clout, and finally into the governorship of Massachusetts. His first days as governor though, were consumed by dark forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the aftermath of the 1689 French raid on Maine, the people of Massachusetts planned a counterattack. That operation included a number of pirates, privateers, and puritans we have met before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're discussing pirate politics, and the claims commonly made about pirate ideology. With a brief foray into all of world history from 1776 to the modern day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Battle of Bantry Bay was the first sea battle between England & France since 1545 and the first major sea battle of the Nine Years War. It also includes a ton of people who are important to our story before they were important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pay no attention to the title behind the curtain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edward Davis and Bachelor's Delight ran into a number of complications upon returning to the English colonial world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The single most important person in the story of the Pirates of the Round wasn't a pirate at all, but a rich, Dutch, New York Merchant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a story about legends, myths, and lies. This is a story about a pirate who captured the attention of the whole world. This is the story of the early life of Henry Every. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Phips didn't know how much money he had. But he did know how many pounds of money he had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices