Any one know any good pirate stories me hearties?

Answer 1

My favourite Pirate story has to be that of Black Sam Bellamy, as told in National Geographic a few years back. It inspired me to go out and buy the book, which was well worth the read.
The "Whydah Gally" was the flagship of the pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy. The ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod on April 26, 1717, taking Bellamy and the majority of his crew with it.
It was configured as a heavily-armed trading and transport ship for use in the Atlantic slave trade, carrying goods from England to exchange for slaves in West Africa. It would then travel to the Caribbean to trade the slaves for precious metals and medicinal ingredients, which would then be transported back to England.
In February of 1717, the Whydah was attacked by pirates led by "Black Sam" Bellamy, who captured the ship and its cargo. At this time, Bellamy was in possession of two smaller vessels, the Sultana and the Mary Anne (or Marianne), and decided to take the Whydah as his new flagship. The Whydah's captain, Lawrence Prince, was given the Sultana by Bellamy, who sailed on to the Carolinas and headed north along the eastern coastline of the American colonies, heading for Maine.

Accounts differ as to the destination of the Whydah during its last weeks. Some legends recount that Bellamy wanted to visit his mistress, Maria Hallett, who lived near the tip of Cape Cod, while others blame the Whydah's route on navigator error. It was said Maria was wracked by nightmare's she would never see Bellamy again. One account has it that Bellamy insulted a witch, who cursed him to die in a storm. In any case, the Whydah diverted its route to Cape Cod and, on April 26, 1717, sailed into a violent storm. The ship was driven ashore at Wellfleet, Massachusetts and quickly broke apart. One of the few surviving members of Bellamy's crew, one Thomas Davis, testified in his subsequent trial that "In a quarter of an hour after the ship struck, the Mainmast was carried by the board, and in the Morning she was beat to pieces."

By morning, hundreds of pirate corpses were washed up on the shoreline, and hundreds of Cape Cod's notorious wreckers (locally known as "moondoggers") were already plundering the remains. Hearing of the shipwreck, then-governor Samuel Shute dispatched Cyprian Southack, a local salvager and cartographer, to recover "Money, Bullion, Treasure, Goods and Merchandizes taken out of the said Ship." By May 3, when Southack reached the location of the wreck, he found that the ship's remains were scattered along more than four miles of shoreline.

According to surviving members of the crew, at the time of its sinking, the ship carried nearly four and a half tons of silver, gold, gold dust, and jewelry, which had been divided equally among the 180-man crew and stored in chests below the ship's deck. Though Southack did recover some of the items salvaged from the ship, little of this massive treasure hoard was recovered until the wreck's rediscovery nearly two hundred years later.

Answer 2

The Dr. Syn series,by Russell Thorndyke
Pyrates(funny) by George McDonald Fraser
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Treasure Island by Robert L. Stephenson

Answer 3

The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe, an excellent read.

Answer 4

Look for the Captain Blood stories of Rafael Sabatini. Don't know if they're still in print, but they're amongst the best you'll find.

If you don't mind a healthy dose of knockabout humour, then "The Pyrates" by George Macdonald Fraser is worth a read.

Answer 5

Read Capt Johnson's Hist of the pirates, Conway paperback

Answer 6

Research the life of Grania (Grace) O'Malley. She was a pirate queen who, in an audience with Elizabeth I, refused to bow to her for "she was no queen of Ireland."

Remarkably, she died of natural causes.

Answer 7

Robison Crusoe and Treasure Island. I prefer Treasure Island in all honesty i read this when i was younger its not difficult but fun and interesting and groovy.

Answer 8

Ahhhar, that I do me hearty!
It was a daaaark, cold an' stormy night!
"Tell us a story" said the Cap'n to his mate
"Very well, then" said the Mate
"I'll begin. It was a daaaark, cold an' stormy night!
"Tell us a story" said the Cap'n to his mate
"Very well, then" said the Mate
"I'll begin. It was a daaaark, cold an' stormy night!..........................................................

Answer 9

Arrrg! my matie "Let's Pluck Um and See If He's Ripe!"
Rated - AAARG!