ASNS2627 Lecture 13: wk 13 Life at Sea & Life at Port
23 Dec 2018
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French forces stormed cartagena of the indies in may 1697. Commander baron de pointis-in return he would take the crow"s usual one-fifth interests. Peace rumors restricted the flow of advances- crew included 180 negroes, freebooters, Crew with pointis: their stubborn refusal to go to sea whenever they had money to spendand their strong preference for the occasional spanish prize over regular cruising against eh english or dutch. On privateers a kind of class conscious, often numerous because crews were not under naval discipline. The law of privateers drew on dampiers the custom of the coast- which left a strong mark on those of the common pirates. Rogers"s combined wages and shares-halving a man"s share whatever his rank-there was no universal method and no uniform tariff of shares. There was a gap between shipmasters and first mates in terms of power. Once he had signed articles a seaman life was no longer his own.
