Pirates of the Golden Age

Why Pirates of the Golden Age?:

In the early 1700s, pirates posed an existential threat to the "Triangle Trade," by which European royals and merchant elites used the labor of African slaves and poor Europeans, and the land and resources of Indigenous Americans, to create massive wealth for European empires.

DIY Ships and boats:

Birdhouse pirate ship conversion project:

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Cardboard sailing ships and boats

Smaller vessels, sloops, and a snow:

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Sam Bellamy's early ships, the sloop Marianna, and the Sultana Galley:

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Woodes Rogers' Delicia:

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Sam Bellamy's Whydah Galley:

Tutorial Pt 1