The Golden Age Of Piracy: Myths vs Reality

Did pirates really bury treasure, fly the Jolly Roger and walk the plank?

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced avoids many of the clichés of pirate fiction. Yet staying true to history still includes tropes of pop culture pirates - there may be no talking parrots, but they still drink a lot of rum. Matt Lewis rejoins Dr Rebecca Simon to debunk pirate myths!

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
06:08 - Did Pirates Use Black Flags?
12:30 - What does "Jolly Roger" mean?
13:24 - Peg Legs & Eye Patches
18:47 - Pets!
20:59 - Pirate Bling
23:54 - Did Pirates force folk to Walk the Plank?
25:07 - Did Pirates Maroon Enemies?
26:32 - The Pirate Code
32:32 - Did Pirates Bury Their Treasure?
37:16 - X Marks The Spot?
38:24 - Where Is The Rum?
41:10 - What's Your Favourite Pirate Myth?
42:15 - Why do Pirate Myths persist?
48:52 - Enter the Animus: which myth do you want to prove?

Echoes of History is a Ubisoft podcast, brought to you by History Hit. Watch this episode on YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=-N_D3WlhHZQ).

Hosted by: Matt Lewis
Edited by: Robin McConnell
Produced by: Matt Lewis, Robin McConnell
Senior Producer: Anne-Marie Luff
Production Manager: Beth Donaldson
Executive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen Bennett

Music:
The Buccaneers by Brian Tyler
Confrontation by Brian Tyler
Fare Thee Well by Brian Tyler

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