Historian Answers Pirate Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Historian Angus Konstam joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about pirates. Where did the stereotypical pirate accent come from? What did pirates do for fun? Why do we associate parrots and eyepatches with pirates? Who’s the most famous non-fictional pirate in history? Is Jack Sparrow real? Did pirates use sunscreen? Answers to these questions and many more await on Pirate Support.

0:00 Pirate Support
0:13 The pirate accent
1:01 Pirates: Why?
1:36 The Pirate Code
2:10 Pirate pleasures
2:50 Peg legs
3:12 No-no-notorious
3:53 Pirate democracy
4:54 Walk the plank/Peter Pan
5:41 He's the pauper of the surf, the jester of Tortuga
6:30 Gay pirates
6:59 Privateer vs Pirate
8:12 A little rum and a classic film
8:38 Women were pirates
10:05 Beginning a life of piracy
10:40 SPF Arrrr
10:59 Have we found any treasure?
11:53 Pirate life expectancy
12:19 But why all the parrots
12:37 The beard sounds extremely memorable
13:04 Pirate wear
14:09 Pirate weaponry
15:21 Pirate ships
16:08 Pirates attacked slave ships
17:21 The skull and crossbones flag
17:53 When nature called
18:15 Where was home for a pirate?
19:03 Also, why all the eyepatches?

Thank you to Osprey Publishing for kind permission to use several of their images in this video. You can discover more in these great books:
Pirates 1660-1730: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/pirates-16601730-9781855327061/
Pirate: The Golden Age: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/pirate-9781849084970/
The Pirate Menace: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/pirate-menace-9781472857736/

Director: Anna O'Donohue
Director of Photography: Mateo Notsuke
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Angus Konstam
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Jasmine Breinburg
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Cameron Hall
Gaffer: Jake Newell
Sound Mixer: Michael Panayiotis
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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