Sample History Paper: English Pirates
How Hazardous Was the Life of an English Pirate in the beginning of 1700s?
Life of a pirate of the golden age of piracy (1690-1730), as it described in pop-culture, seems to be serene and high in breathtaking adventures and battles. However , as always, picture we are used to might be very different in real life. What exactly are the most frequent difficulties and dangers of an ordinary pirate? Let us see.
Probably the most frightful part of the life of the pirate in my opinion may be the fact that this “profession” relates to the constant risk of death in battle. Here I consider mentioning the story of the famous Blackbeard – Edward Teach. He's known to be probably one of the most dangerous pirate captains of the golden age, but this fact have not saved him from his sad end in 1718. He died in struggle with lieutenant Maynard which decapitated him and suspended his head on the bowsprit of the ship. If such famous pirate leader were killed in so brutal way what could happen to ordinary pirates? In battles with trained and most powerful fleet of these times died thousands of them. Moreover, imagine if you weren’t killed in battle and were caught by the authorities? Whew will think a man from 21st century, better to be prisoned than to be dead. Back that time mostly every captioned pirate was publically hanged. In addition , even though you weren’t captured or killed you're not secure. Every wound that is not serious in 1700th may lead to death because of anti-sanitary on the ship, absence of the antibiotics and the fact that commonly all medical work on the ship were performed by cook. A good common life on the ship were full of dangers. Pirates, when i mentioned, weren't welcomed on land so that they spent the majority of their life in the ocean. Bad food supplies on the pirate ships usually led to various diseases the most frequent of which were scurvy, the deficiency of vitamin C. Scurvy could cause muscle pain, hair and teeth loss and in severe cases even death that have been not rare on the pirate vessels.
They are the most common dangers, which a pirate from 18th century could experience. Therefore , life of a pirate wasn’t even not exactly so idyllic as it is in our opinion and was accompanied by permanent risk forever.
