Pirate Nation Magazine

03/05/2023

Travel destinations that have pirate-themed attractions in North America

St. Augustine, Florida: St. Augustine is known for its pirate history, and there are many pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Pirate and Treasure Museum, the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum, and take a pirate-themed walking tour of the city.

Nassau, Bahamas: Nassau was once a haven for pirates, and there are plenty of pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Pirates of Nassau Museum, take a pirate-themed tour of the city, or go on a pirate-themed cruise.

New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans has a rich pirate history, and there are several pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, or take a pirate-themed walking tour of the city.

Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston was once a major hub for pirates, and there are several pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, the Charleston Pirate Tours, or the Charleston Pirate and Ghost Tour.

San Diego, California: San Diego has a long history of pirate activity, and there are several pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, the Maritime Museum of San Diego, or take a pirate-themed boat tour of the city.

Galveston, Texas: Galveston was once a hub for pirates and privateers, and there are several pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Pirates! Legends of the Gulf Coast Museum, take a pirate-themed walking tour of the city, or go on a pirate-themed boat tour.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Myrtle Beach has a pirate-themed amusement park called Pirate's Voyage, where you can watch a swashbuckling show and enjoy a pirate-themed meal.

Tampa, Florida: Tampa has a rich pirate history, and there are several pirate-themed attractions here. Visit the Tampa Bay History Center, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, or take a pirate-themed boat tour of the city.

27/12/2022

Did Pirates celebrate Christmas? Between historical accounts and what we know about celebrations in that time, we can make some assumptions about how Pirates celebrated. In the 1724 book, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates, the author gives account of Pirate Captain Edward England’s crew and how they spent Christmas in 1720… “in carousing and forgetfulness; and kept it for 3 days in a wanton and riotous way, not only eating, but wasting their fresh provision in so wretched and inconsiderate a manner that when they had agreed to proceed to Mauritius, they were in that passage at an allowance of a bottle of water per diem and not above two pounds of beef and a small quantity of rice for ten men a day.” The same book also gives mention to Pirate Captain Jack Rackham; "After this Cruize, they went into a small Island and cleaned, and spent their Christmas ashore, drinking and carousing as long as they had any Liquor left, and then went to Sea again for more, where they succeeded but too well, though they took no extraordinary Prize, for above two Months.”

In the book, Buccaneers of America (1682), Pirate Captain Bartholomew Sharp described it thus: "When to Solemnize that Festival as well as we could, we eat the only Hog we had left, drank some Jars of Wine, and made ourselves as merry as we were able, which I did that my Men might not mutiny.” The same account of claims they not only ate a hog but also a dog. In the same book the author also talked about Rum at Christmas; “Ships coming from some of the Caribbe Islands, are always well stored with Rum, Sugar, and Lime-juice to make Punch, to hearten their Men when they are at work, getting and bringing aboard the Salt ; and they commonly provide the more, in hopes to meet with Privateers, who resort hither in the aforesaid Months, purposely to keep a Christmas, as they call it; being sure to meet with Liquor enough to be merry with, and are very liberal to those that treat them."

Merry Christmas Pirates! Written by Jackie Hoover, Owner / Curator, Antilles Trading Company Pirate Museum and Store, also Contributing Writer to Pirate Nation Magazine

23/06/2022