Episode 86 - Wicked Purposes

We're moving forward, at last. We introduce our first pirate from A General History of the Pyrates, and discuss truth, lies, and liberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Huhti 201931min

Our final episode looking back on the story so far. We're talking about the 1680s, and the end of the Buccaneers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Maalis 201947min

The Piracy Act of 1677 turned thousands of privateers into ... unemployed privateers. They turned to other trades like trading and logwood cutting. But a select few chose instead to use their true tal...

21 Maalis 201931min

The Piracy Act of 1677 changed everything for a generation of English privateers. Literally overnight hundreds of sailors were turned from legal, licensed, legitimate, privateers into Enemies of the W...

14 Maalis 201924min

We're zooming in, narrowing our scope, and focusing on the Franco-Dutch War of the 1670s. That war was the seminal event for an explosion of privateers turned pirates that would infest the Americas fo...

5 Maalis 201941min

Today we discuss what might be the largest pirate raid in history: Henry Morgan's attack on Panama. The actual attack takes a backseat though, to the surrounding political, military, and piratical for...

26 Helmi 201955min

Today we talk about Henry Morgan as Admiral of The Brethren of the Coast. We discuss his raids on Puerto Principe, Porto Bello, and Maracaibo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

22 Helmi 201944min

Today we discuss the two pirates that defined the early years of the Buccaneer era: Francois l'Olonais and Henry Morgan. We follow them on their raids, as well as a number of other pirates that terror...

15 Helmi 201944min