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Reading & Study Material

Encouraged/Required Reading:

bullet Privateers of the Dauntless - Orientation And Reference Manual
This links will download a compressed zip file  with all the chapters, look at the table of Contents .doc fisrt.
bullet Elizabethan Sea Dogs by Angus Konstam
bullet Training Pack - From Golden Hind Site: 
with permission from the Golden Hind Site in Brixham Harbor, Brixham, Devon,UK
Download .pdf files
Download .doc files
Download Complete Student pack with cover sheet.  (single word file)

All of these links will download a compressed zip file  

 

Suggested Reading

bullet Seamanship in the Age of Sail
bullet Complete Riggers Apprentice by Bryon Toss.
bullet History of ships and other Research  by Capt. Elias Gedney
bullet Medicine and the Navy,1200-1900. Vol.1, 1200-1649 by Keevil, John Joyce
bullet Encyclopedia Britannica volume III printed in 1771
has entries for "medicine" from page 58  to 169.  Reproduction copies of the three volume set
are not that hard to find.  Other entries of medical interest, i.e. midwifery (205 to 245) and
surgery (641 to 879) for example are also included in that volume.
bullet The Renaissance  Compendium - Money Basics
bullet Scottish Captains - Admiral Sir Andrew Barton - Perhaps this inspiration for all this!
bullet Nautical Dictionary

Selections from The Arte of Shooting in Great Ordnaunce by William Bourne (1587)

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Sailing Ship Armament
 

Information Links for Training - Highly recommended

New Links!

bulletThe Maritime History Virtual Archives
bullet Gun Drill Video  (from the US Navy USS Constitution site)

Links that have been here a while

bullet Cannons and Gunpowder
bullet Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French Warfare, 1337-1360
By Timothy J. Runyan
American Neptune v.46 (1986)
bullet Faire Names for English Folk
bullet History of Piracy
bullet Sea Grammar
bullet History of Sugar
bullet History of Chocolate
bullet History of Ships
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Ye Old Book of Seas Dogs

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Scurvy Dogs - The Golden Age of Piracy!

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Great Ships and their Origins

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History of Warrant Officers in the US Navy

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16th Century Military History Books

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The Ship of the Line - Mid 17th Century Ships

bullet HMS Dauntless - History
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National Parks Service - Piracy, Privateering & Elizabethan Maritime Expansion

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Gráinne O'Malley - Famous Female Irish Pirate of the 1500's

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Piracy, Privateering & Elizabethan Maritime Expansion

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Pirate Links!

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Pirates Life - Dead men tell no tails - Some interesting info and links!

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Pirate Ships - A site with more Pirate information and links!

bullet Pirates - Historical Perspective
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Pirates of the Caribbean

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Heritage Film Services

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Terminology

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Find your Pirate Name

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Spanish Gold - Coin Value

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18th Century Currency and Exchange Rates

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Spice Trade and Value

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Nautical sounding lead