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PIRATE TRIVIA: LIFESTYLE Most pirate careers were short, averaging 2 to 5 years. Pirates tended to be young men because the duties of a deckhand were physically very difficult and conditions on board ship were often unhealthy. Very few pirates lived long enough to enjoy their plundered wealth. While many were executed or died in battle, even more were killed by disease and shipwreck. Who was the Captain of the Pirate Ship Whydah? | |
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| PIRATE TRIVIA: PUNISHMENT Piracy was, and is, almost universally condemned, and the usual punishment during piracy's golden age was death. Western cultures generally hanged pirates for their crimes. In the far East, pirates were beheaded. | Unfortunately, the three spent too much time plotting, and not nearly enough time navigating. Captain Dave sailed straight into a severe thunderstorm, and the Whydah sank off the coast of Massachusetts. |  |
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 Captain Dave decided that he didn't really like navigating ships, and jumped overboard before the pirates decided they didn't like him navigating either. After swimming ashore, he thought that perhaps it was time to find a new band of pirates to work with, before the old one found him. He learned that there was a group of pirates visiting nearby Boston. So he set out for the city, dodging the Evil Pirate Twins. Apparently Cutlass Karen and Whiplash Wendy were unhappy about being made to walk the plank, and wanted to show their unhappiness with a large cannon.
| Where do these Pirates call home? | ||
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