Pirate Links

826 Valencia runs San Francisco's "only independent pirate supply store." Located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, sfmission.com the store is the front entrance of the tutoring center and has the look and feel of an authentic pirate shop. The store sells pirate clothing, eyepatches, compasses, spyglasses, pirate dice, skull flags, and secret treasures. It features handmade signs, scattered around the store, offering tongue-in-cheek wisdom, such as "Uses for Lard" (#5: "Lard Fights") and "Guidelines for New Shipmates" (#4: "No forgetting to swab"). Unsuspecting visitors are sometimes treated to surprise "moppings."

"I am a free prince, and I have as much authority to make war
on the whole world, as he who has 100 sail of ships at sea
--- Capt. Bellamy

Buccaneers and Pirates of Old

Pirates of the Caribbean - (no connection with the movie) good, concise material, nice graphics
Pirates Cove - graphic rich, but extensive site
Pyrates Providence - "a starting point for those inclined to go on the account"
Gentlemen of Fortune - Living History 1690-1725 Golden Age of Piracy
Pirates & Privateers - Cindy Vallar's monthly articles on piracy & privateering
The Pirate's Library - source of many standard pirate reference books
The Pirate's Life - pirates, ships, flags & more -- great graphics, images of artifacts
Captain Morgan's Journal - many links & good bibliography on early pirates & vikings
The Captain's Cabin - mix of pirate facts, poems, art & tales
Le Diable Volant - in English & French, 17th c. Caribbean pirates, many original documents
Piece of Eight: A Guide to 17th-Century Piracy
Isle of Tortuga - In Dutch and English, with many primary documents
Defiant Women: Pirates
Booty: Girl Pirates on the High Seas - book about lots of female pirates
Women Pirates & Privateers: Real and Legendary - extensive list
Pirates Of The Caribbean - Virgin Islands pirate history
Pirates of the Spanish Main - lots of links, classic graphics
Pirate Mythology - correcting many of our misconceptions about pirates
Pirates and Privateers - by Cindy Vallar - Suite 101 archived articles
Welcome to Pirate's Cove - good resources, seafaring info, underwater archeology
The Pirate's Hold - pirate roster, timeline, list of computer & RPG games
The Mysterious & Unexplained - Oak Island
Oak Island Treasure - excellent British site about the mystery
Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar:: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
Piracy in Newfoundland
Pirates of the Whydah - National Geographic
Expedition Whydah - The Legend of Capt. Bellamy
Treasure Pirates of the Whydah - Barry Clifford's hunt for sunken treasure ships
Beej's Pirate Image Archive -- great resource of images in public domain
Port Royal - The famous Pirate City, much of it sunk by an earthquake
Port Royal Project - Texas A&M - Institute of Underwater Archeology
Punks 'n Pirates - history (Baltic pirates), songs (some in Swedish), humor
A Pirates Progress: How the Maritime Rogue Became a Multicultural Hero
PsychoWench's Jolly Roger Page - learn meaning of symbols on pirate flags (click on Moto-Munkey Patches, then scroll down to the link at Jolie Rogue in the list)
The Fate of Theodosia Burr - was she attacked by pirates?
The Portrait of Theodosia Burr - more of the story.

Books, Plays, & Poems (Literary & Cultured Piracy)

"Treasure Island" - online text with study aids, activities, links
Edward Rowe Snow - Bio on treasure hunter & author of several books on piracy
Books by C.C. Colee - About the RB Trilogy, follow Aubrey's adventures with the pirates
The Sweet Trade - novel about Anne Bonny & Mary Read, online prologue, links
Romantic Reads of Pirates - extensive list of pirate romance novels, each with synopsis
A Piada Preta - online pirate romance story
Admiral Guinea by R.L. Stevenson & Wm. Ernest Henley - a play
"Peter and Wendy" - (aka "Peter Pan") complete text online
A Pirate's Lullaby - excerpt from a play about Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Windsong - pirate poem

Pirate Movies

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Official website of the sequel
Pirates of the Caribbean - Official website (summer 2003) with trailer
Keep to the Code - Official fansite for POTC
Latino Review - photos from POTC, of sets and set construction
The Maelstrom - Official movie site (movie in the works)
Disney's Treasure Planet - Official website with trailer
Pirates of the Plains - new kid's movie
Muppet Treasure Island - movie starring Kermit, Miss Piggy and Tim Curry
The Sea Hawk - review of the 1924 silent version of this story
Robert Newton - tribute to the man who brought the quintessential Long John Silver to life

Pirate Museums, Groups, Festivals and Shows
(looking to join up with a crew, visit our Crews to sign on with page)

Jean Lafitte Pirate Museum - unique animated exhibit
Port Royal Development Project - Plans to renovate Port Royal, Jamaica into a living history site
Pirates of Nassau - Newly opened museum in the Bahamas
The New England Pirate Museum in Salem Massachusetts. Notorious pirate captains, such as; Kidd, Blackbeard, Bellamy and Quelch, roamed the waters off Boston's North Shore, known as the Gold Coast, while so-called witches were being hanged at Salem. Like many of today's New Englanders, pirates spent their winters in the tropics and their summers here. Most 17th and 18th-century pirates were, in fact, New Englanders and New Yorkers, with gold and silver from Central America and merchandise from Europe.
The Pirates of Charleston - walking tours about Charleston, SC
Cuban Piracy Museum - at Morro Castle of Santiago de Cuba
Ye Krewe of Sir Henry Morgan - a Gasparilla Pirate Festival group
Sea Dogs - Elizabethan maritime renaissance faire guild
Bonaventure - UK based buccaneer crew
Captain Siobhan & the Pirates - 1st Annual Regatta (with photos of the NQG crew)
Fernandina Pirates Club - the pirates of the Fernandina Shrimp Festival
Future's Past - Florida re-enactment guild
The Quartermaster's Guild - calling all quartermasters to join a FREE union of quartermasters
The International Fellowship of Royal Privateers - (aka The Guild of Saint Errol)
Royal Chessman
Frizze - group in Switzerland celebrated Carnival this year as pirates (in German)
Buccaneer Buddies - puppet shows of pirate history and lore
Pirates Dinner Adventure - in Orlando, FL and now in Buena Park, CA
Captain Memo's Pirate Cruises - in Clearwater, Florida
Captain's Outrageous - Brigantine de la Bustier & Jacques du Coeur, a great swashbuckling duo.

Individual Pirates

Blackbeard Lives - The contest is over, but it's still a great site.
Queen Anne's Revenge - investigating the remains of Blackbeard's flagship
Blackbeard's Homepage ........the King of Pirates
The Story of Blackbeard - from Teach's Hole - Blackbeard Exhibit & Pirate Specialty Shop
Home of Blackbeard the Pirate - Blackbeard sites in coastal N. Carolina
Blackbeard Rises Again - Discovery Online's Queen Anne's Revenge updates
Anne Bonney Home Page -historical information written by her namesake
Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Defiant Women: Anne Bonny
Bouchard's attack on San Juan Capistrano
Captain John Deane - Adventurer and pirate
Sir Francis Drake
Robert Drury's Journal - a pirate's adventures in Madagascar
Peter Easton - Pirate Admiral
Peter Easton "The Pirate Admiral" - his activities in Newfoundland
Defiant Women: Granuaile
Gráinne Ní Mháille ~ Pirate Queen of Connaught
Granuaile O'Malley
Grace O'Malley - by Judy Staley
Granuaile - Daughter of Owen The O'Malley
Piet Heyn - famous Dutch privateer
John Paul Jones - Pirate or Patriot
Captain Kidd
The Pirate Hunter - based on book about Kidd, see real documents, & Kidd's home
Captain Kidd's Island Found - a good bio & possible location for Kidd's treasure
Thomas Lacy and the Pirate - a page from the Lacy family history
The Laffite Society - organization devoted to the study of the privateers Jean & Pierre Laffite
Jean Lafitte - Gentleman Pirate - online book
Olivier Le Vasseur - (in French) aka La Buse (the Buzzard)
Henry Morgan, Pirate Ship - May be the one found off of Haiti
Henry Morgan - A Welsh Buccaneer
A Morgan Family Reunion - history of the Morgan family, including Henry Morgan
Jean David Nau - (in French) aka François L'Olonnais, very detailed with maps
John Nutt, Newfoundland Pirate
Gilbert Pike and Sheila Na Geira - Gilbert & Sheila Pike

Privateering and Letters of Marque
(of course, many of the sites above deal with privateers - these are sites that specially focus on privateers)

Privateering Homepage - Canadian privateering, letters of marque, Barrett's Privateers
Letters of Marque - many letters of marque in several languages
Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs - excellent material on the Elizabethan Sea Dogs
Treaties with the Barbary Powers - actual documents

Pirate Study Lessons class handouts and for lesson plans.

piratemuseum.com/ec.html
A Teaching Unit for "Treasure Island" - lessons on "Treasure Island" for middle school student
The New England Pirate Museum Educational Material - activities, historical information, puzzles and more
A Pirate's Life! - A Treasure Chest of Pirate Facts & Activities - lessons & activities
"Treasure Island" - online text with study aids, activities, links
The "Scoop" Adventure Page
History Seminar: Piracy, Entrepeneurship, and Protest
Pirates and their Enemies - course taught at the U. of Melbourne - good reading list

Modern Piracy (yes - they are not pirates of the Golden Age, but they are real!)

Weekly Piracy Report - check up on the latest reported incidents
Piracy Returns as Order in the High Seas Disappears
Bob Denard - modern mercenary - self styled "The Last Corsair of the Republic"

Piracy in Other Languages
(some sites can be translated roughly using the Alta Vistas Babel Fish Translation Site, or other translation software)

Pirates & Corsaires - pirate biographies, some very detailed with maps, catalog of comics, games, movies, in French
Piraten: Die Herren der Sieben Meere - the Lords of the Seven Seas - in German
Le Diable Volant - "The Flying Devil" -- in French & English
La nouvelle Piraterie - French site about piracy, historical & modern
Cocostresors - Cocos Islands & their pirate treasures (French)-click Sommaire at bottom for much more
Bienvenue chez Les Dodos Pirates
L'Ile de la Tortue - French site on Caribbean piracy with a great map
Sang et Poudre! - translates to Blood & Powder, sections on Cuba, Indian Ocean
Another French Site
Piracka Przystan na Wzburzonych Wodach Internetu - Polish site with English summary

Other Pirate Sites

Musical Pirates, and Salty Songs with a Roguish Touch
( more on musical pirate groups and recordings - Music to Maraud By)

The Jolly Rogers - one of our favorite swashbuckling singing groups

Pyrates Royale - another of our favorites - singing buccaneers with a debauched repertoire

The Bilge Pumps - shanties done in a piratical vein, yet another of our favorites

The Corsairs - still another favorite, a piratical singing group from Scarborough Faire

The Crimson Pirates -New York area singing group

Dark Cove - Pirate black metal band in the UK

Jolly Garogers - pirate band in Austin, TX

The Shantyman - Greg Csikos sings sea shanties, nautical tunes & pirate songs

Marooned! - shanty singing group from the Las Vegas Age of Chivalry Faire

The Brig - Music of Sforzando, Australian rock group, some piratical pieces

The Pirates - piratical blues?

Terror of the Sea - pirate heavy metal/techno music (I think that's what you call it)

Bloody Buccaneers - Dutch heavy metal band, great pirate lyrics in English

The Ballad of Patch Eye & Meg - song by Michelle Shocked

Jimmy Buffett's Magaritaville

Son of a Son of a Web Page - the Parrothead Page

Swashbuckling Artists, and Illustrated Pirate Tales

Richard Becker's Bloodthirsty Pirate Tales - Comic Book Series & NQG contributor
Colonia - a very interesting fantasy pirate adventure story
Magical Encounters by Maitz and Wurtz - artwork by Don Maitz & his wife Janny - some pirate illustrations
Magical Encounters II by Maitz and Wurtz - more artwork by Don Maitz - frequent NQG contributor
Howard Pyle - Biography - reproduction of "Walking the Plank"
Sea Dragon Marine Art Studio - artist of modern & old ships

Games, Puzzles, Jokes and Frivolous Activities

Ax A Pirate - the Pirate "answers" questions sent in
Plunder - card game that comes in a treasure chest
Plunder Fan Club - fan club for the above card game
Pirates of the Spanish Main - Constructible Strategy Game, also new Pirates of the Crimson Main
Pirates! - RPG from New Dimension Games, click on "Pirates" box
Pirates! 25mm Miniature Battles on the High Seas
The Burly Ghost - on going role playing game for people that love pirates
CutThroats - scroll down to Cutthroats, find a great screensaver too
7th Sea - Role-playing game website
Pirates! - Micropose simulation game of Caribbean buccaneering 1560-1700
Pirate Junk - online game in the South China Seas of the 1860's
Seven Seas - scroll down to a fun game (only yer shootin' at the pirates)
Pirateer - Board Game
Pirate Treasure Hunts -- fun tips on creating your own treasure hunt games
Mr. McGroovy's Pirate Adventure - build your own pirate ship from large cardboard boxes
The Lost Tavern - dedicated to the game "Pirates!"
Furry Pirates - a RPG book set in a world of anthropomorphic furries
The United Pirates of the Catskills - online role playing guild
RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren CD-Rom game
Redhook's Revenge! - game
Redhook's Revenge! - more on the game
Swashbuckling on the Internet! - Site dedicated to the game Pirates!
Plundered Hearts - bodice ripper pirate computer game
Pirate Tombstones - clever epitaphs for many pirates

Misc. Piratical Endeavours

Talk Like a Pirate Day - Dave Barry promoted it, but now, learn the whole story & while yer at it, ask Capt. Slappy a question

Bus Pirates - very funny video episodes

The Adventures of Pirate Bendy - follow Bendy's voyages (and if you want Bendy on yer crew, contact us -- we offer him in our swag)

The Pirate Pom - Fo’c’sle Jack, the Pirate Pom, captain of the Dread Ship Pork Chop

Bilgemunky - reviews of pirate swag, commentary, and Bilgemunky Pirate RADIO

Shaiibeard's Avast - an hilarious online news website for buccaneers

Sir Berky's Wharf - an imaginary pirate village, with lots of links

The Pyrate King - visit a pirate tavern, listen to salty tales

Cyber Jacques the Pixel Pirate - wacky characters & exciting adventures

826 Valencia, pirate-themed store & student Writing Center

Wassman Photography: Romance of the Sea Series - dramatic photos of tall ships

1800 Sea Women -by Dr. Linda Grant de Pauw

Celebrating Voyages of Old

Sea Songs & Shantys

Songs of the Sea - good collection of shanties with historical backgrounds & links
Shanties & Sea Songs - several dozen shanties & sea songs listed
Ship's Company Shantymen - traditional shipboard music
Ancient Mariners - more traditional shipboard music
Victoria Nautical Song Circle
The Bitter End - list of shanty festivals and links to other shanty sites
Pint and Dale: Music & Myth of the Sea - shanties, maritime music & more
Olympia Folklore Society - many shanty events in Washington, home of Budd Bay Buccaneers

WILLIAM KIDD. America's most famous pirate, William Kidd was a wealthy man. He was a privateersman hired by Lord Bellomont, Royal Governor of Massachusetts, to seek out and capture Blackbeard. Failing to capture Blackbeard, Kidd became a pirate himself - although he denied being one until his dying day. Returning to Boston in 1699, Kidd was arrested and shipped to London for trial. He was sentenced to be hanged at Execution Dock in London on May 23, 1701. On the first attempt, the rope broke, but the Sheriff's men dragged him back to the gallows and hanged him successfully the second time. Kidd's body was painted with tar, wrapped in chains and placed in an iron cage on the river bank. For almost twenty years, his body remained gibbeted as an example to other would-be-pirates.

Tall Ship Sites

Most of these tall ships are replicas, as most of the originals have not survived the trials of time. Still they help re-create the nautical experience of buccaneers. We recommend you visit these ships when you have a chance to do so. More about tall ships No Quarter Given has been associated with.

Schooner Adventuress - Puget Sound historic schooner
Topsail Schooner Alvei - main topsail schooner sailing the world's oceans
American Pride - 3-masted schooner docked in Long Beach, CA
Amistad - replica project
Amorina - queen of the Red Sea
Barque Elissa at Texas Seaport Museum
Brig Niagara, original War of 1812 ship in Erie, PA
Californian, 1848 revenue cutter replica -- California's official tallship
Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation - replica of Australia's 1st known European visitor
El Cazador - Lost at sea in 1784, rediscovered in 1993, this ship contained a store of riches destined for New Orleans to help save the colony.
Elizabeth II - at Roanoke Island Festival Park, replica of Walter Raleigh's16th c. ship
Bark Endeavour - replica of Captain Cook's famous vessel
Fantome - history of ship sunk during Hurricane Mitchell
Friends Good Will Sloop - replica of an 1813 sloop from the Battle of Lake Erie
Gazela - Philadelphia's Tall Ship, barkentine
Golden Hind - replica of Drake's ship in replica in Brixham, Devon
Götheborg - East Indiaman sailing ship under construction in Sweden (in Swedish)
Governor Stone - schooner replica in Apalachicola, FL
Hawaiian Chieftain, San Francisco Bay area
HMS Bounty - join her on her voyages generally along the East Coast
HMS Bounty - by former crew, family & friends of the 1962 replica Bounty
"HMS" Rose - replica of the vessel that caused the birth of the U.S. Navy
"HMS" Rose - played HMS Surprize, now docked in San Diego for tours
HMS Frigate Unicorn - early 19th c. frigate
HMS Victory - pride of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, England
Jolly Roger - replica galleon in the Cayman Islands
Kalmar Nyckel - Delaware's tallship ambassador
Lady Washington, Grays Harbor Hist. Seaport, in Washington
Maryland Dove - Historic St. Mary's City's ship in Maryland
Mary Rose, 16th C. warship raised from the seafloor in Portsmouth, England
Mystic Whaler - traditional windjammer
Mystic Seaport, home of many historic vessels
Pride of Baltimore II, topsail schooner in Maryland
Privateer Rattlesnake, 1780 ship replica in Florida
The Royaliste - 18th-century dispatch gunboat/bomb ketch in SF Bay area
Schooner Sultana , under construction in Maryland
Schooner Wolf - schooner in Key West
Sloop Providence - faithful replica of John Paul Jones' first command
Stad Amsterdam - Dutch site with English version
Star of India, World's oldest active ship in San Diego, CA
Swift of Ipswitch, topsail schooner, L. A. Maritime Inst., CA
USS Constellation, official website of the sloop of war, Baltimore, MD
Welcome, 1775 replica

Staged Combat and Historical Fighting Styles

The-Sports-Arena.Com - Fencing related web directory
Sword Forum International
In Ferro Veritas - Classical Fencing: the Martial Art of Incurable Romantics
The Ring of Steel - Theatrical Combat
Duelling & Fencing - Primary Resources

Costuming & Outfitting for Pirates

If you want to play pirate, you'll need a swashbuckling outfit. These sites might help you decide what is the proper loo, and some give advice on construction of such.. Also, peruse our listing of Merchants and Smugglers for sources to acquire costumes, supplies and props:

Gentlemen of Fortune - Living History 1680-1725 Golden Age of Piracy, historically accurate and detailed. Best resource I've seen illustrating a sailor's (and pirates) kit (garb)
Pirate Mythology : Pirate Clothing - another good description of pirate clothing using period illustrations
Reconstructing History: Article Directory - several articles, including a beginner's guide to Historic Clothing, hand-stitching, and clothing of the Golden Age of Piracy.
The Salacious Historian's Lair - obsessive resource for Baroque and 17th c costuming & culture with a small section on pirates, lots of period images & quotes © N. Kipar 2006
PiratePics - Many, many periods images of sailors & pirates from medieval era to early 19th c
17th and 18th Century Scottish Costume - for those who want to portray Red Legs Greaves and other Scottish pirates
Military Artifacts of Spanish Florida, 1539-1821 - An Internet museum showing Spanish colonial (and also Bourbon French) military artifacts, mostly buttons & buckles, which pirates might have acquired.
The Costume Page
"The History of Costume" - Online Book
The Costume Site - Milieux
The Shadows of the Past - Period spectacles
The Renaissance Tailor - Recreating 16th & 17th c. clothing, construction techniques
Historical Clothing - bibliography for design & construction of clothing throughout history
Would You Wear This? - Women's Clothing During Hannah Penn's Time

Last Link Check July 2007