The Life of Pirates

Paper Summary:

The paper attempts to distinguish between the many diverse and often fictional accounts of pirate life and the actual facts of life among pirates at sea. The paper focuses on the importance of the pirate code of conduct and the way that this influenced and determined the power structure of the pirate hierarchy. The paper provides a definition of pirates and piracy and provides insight into the actual lives of pirates at sea.

Outline:
Introduction
Brief Definition of Pirates and Piracy
The Real Life Pirates
Codes of Conduct
The Power Structure in the Pirate Community

From the Paper:

"Piracy is in fact as old as civilization itself. "In the ancient Mediterranean, piracy was often closely related to maritime commerce, and the Phoenicians appear to have engaged in both, as did the Greeks, Romans, and Carthaginians." (What's a Privateer, Pirate, Buccaneer, and/or Marooner?) There were also types of piracy that were sanctioned by some governments. An example of this was the privateer; which is defined as "...a privately owned and armed ship commissioned by a government to make reprisals, to gain reparation for specified offenses in time of peace, or to prey upon the enemy in time of war, with the right of the officers and crew to share in prize money from captured vessels." (What's a Privateer, Pirate, Buccaneer, and/or Marooner?)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• A Pirate's Life. 16 November, 2006. http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/pirates/capcrew.html
• Buccaneers, Pirates and Privateers. 16 November, 2006. http://72.14.221.104/search?q=cache:PTNvwXluRTsJ:www.sarai.net/journal/06_pdf/05/03_vijayalaxmi.pdf+system+of+control+among+pirates&hl=en&gl=za&ct=clnk&cd=16&lr=lang_en
• Pirate Code of Conduct. 16 November, 2006. http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/pirate-code-conduct.htm
• Piracy, Then and Now. 16 November, 2006. http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/pirates/piracy.html
• Vallar C. Oh To Be A Pirate. 16 November, 2006. http://www.cindyvallar.com/bepirate.html

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