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Pirate historian and author. Historical facts and fictions.
Website: https://waynesavage.com/
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Archaic word of the day:

loon - a crazy or silly person (first recorded in 1400)

#history
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hello Bluesky. We are the Prize Papers Project, dedicated to the study & digitization of the Prize Papers collection, a vast trove of documents & artifacts stored at The National Archives, UK: www.prizepapers.de Watch this space for updates, exciting finds & upcoming events #earlymodern #skystorians
Colorful original drawing of the ship Geertruide with English flag on a single sheet of paper, from 1796, The National Archives, ref. HCA 32/872, Prize Papers Project, Maria Cardamone © Images reproduced by permission of The National Archives, UK.
November 2, 2023 at 11:44 AM
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worldhistory.org
🎄📖 How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859) and Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.

#Christmas #History #HistoryOfChristmas
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
goldenageofpiracy.bsky.social
Archaic word of the day:

blatherskite – an empty talker (first recorded in 1845)

#history
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Piracy Act 1721 or 'An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy.' Its aim was to counter the rapid growth of piracy in the early 18th century by removing some deficiencies in the preceding piracy laws.

waynesavage.com/piracy-act-1...

#piratehistory #pirates #maritimehistory #c18th
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Archaic word of the day:

popinjay - a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter (first recorded in 1275)

#history
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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thoscochrane.bsky.social
Lord Cochrane's boarding pistols

Source: Museo Marítimo Nacional, Chile.
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #AgeOfSail #ChileanIndependence #EarlOfDundonald #ChileanIndependence
#ArmadaDeChile #ThomasCochrane
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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hempmadeinua.bsky.social
Hemp rope 🌿
Historically used in ship rigging due to its strength and performance in wet, salty conditions.
#hemprope #naturalfibers #maritimehistory #sailingheritage #materialscience #sustainablematerials #naturalliving
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 21 Dec 1848 escaped enslaved people, Ellen and William Craft, boarded a steamship in Savannah, Georgia, heading to Philadelphia where they arrived at Christmas. They then dedicated their lives to abolition and women's suffrage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9355...
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Archaic word of the day:

clotpole – a blockhead; a stupid person (first recorded in 1595)

#history
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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An interesting overview with colourful illustraions.

#history #historybookchat #maritimehistory #pirates
Pirates: 1660-1730 by Angus Konstam
December 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Archaic word of the day:

ragamuffin – a shabby person; a child in ragged, ill-fitting, dirty clothes (first recorded 1350)

#history
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Spanish Ladies is a traditional British naval song, describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of naval ratings.
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#MusicSky #folkmusic #maritimehistory
sea shanties - spanish ladies
YouTube video by zimonov
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December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Archaic word of the day:

mooncalf – a foolish person; some who spends their time idly daydreaming (first recorded in 1555)

#history
December 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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thismanyyearsago.bsky.social
370 years ago, on the 18th of December 1655, the Whitehall Conference ended with the conclusion that there were no laws preventing Jews from re-entering England after the expulsion in 1290. Jews would be readmitted to England in the 1660's. #otd #history 🗃️
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The Pig Must be caught by Danish artist Christian Mølsted

Turkeys are so much easier…

#Baltic #Tallships #Danishnavy
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Archaic word of the day:

dunderhead – a slow thinker; a numbskull (first recorded in 1615)

#history
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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An exceptionally cruel pirate active in 1725.
#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
Philip Lyne was an exceptionally cruel pirate active in 1725. He was Francis Spriggs' quartermaster until eventually getting his own vessel, the Sea Nymph. At his trial he claimed to have killed the masters of 37 vessels. He was executed in 1726. A witness saw Lyne and his men with their flag at their trial: “... their Black Flagg before them, with the Representation of a Man in full proportion, with a Cutlass in one Hand and a Pistol in the other, Extended.” Boston Gazette, 28/3/1726.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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captjamesfitzjames.bsky.social
Common mistake (I also got it wrong in the beginning):
You either say HMS Erebus or the Erebus. It's never "the HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship)".
[Image not of Erebus, but ships drawn by Secret FitzUncle.] #NavalHistory
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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thedailyhistorian.bsky.social
On December 13, 1577, a small fleet slipped out of Plymouth Sound carrying a plan that few beyond the queen and her advisers fully understood. Sir Francis Drake was leaving England on what would become the first English voyage around the world: 🧵
Engraved world map of Drake's circumnavigation 1583 portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jodocus Hondius I
December 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The whaleship Wanderer was built in 1878 by J.H. Holmes & Sons of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Her long career crossed the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and spanned declining demand for whale oil and the dangers of World War I.

#history #NewBedford #maritimehistory #Massachusetts
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Archaic word of the day:

mumpsimus – a stubborn person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice (first recorded 1520)

#history
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The 17th century was a time when pirates/buccaneers could get together enough men to attack a town.
The 5 Greatest Land Battles from the Golden Age of Piracy
YouTube video by Gold and Gunpowder
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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Piracy Act 1717 not only dealt with pirates, but established a seven-year banishment to North America as a possible punishment for those convicted of lesser felonies.
waynesavage.com/the-piracy-a...

#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
Black and white picture of a battle between to sailing ships.
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🎶God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Be careful what you hears,
Remember that the Mary Rose
Sailed for thirty-four years
Correct them when you hear it
And help end these awful smears
Don’t you dare say it was her Maiden Voyage,
Mai-ay-den Voyage
Don’t you dare say it was her Maiden Voyage🎶
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM