A Pirate “Takes” a Wife

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Marmalakè, Pirate of Micone. Watercolor portrait by Joseph Partridge, 1827-1828. (Accession#1940.687.01/QW160)

正如所承诺的那样,这里是Mykonos,希腊海盗的撕裂咆哮的故事,“拿走了”他的妻子(我的意思是“采取”的字面意思,而不是比喻!)。请注意好莱坞......这里有一个海盗电影的伟大情节!

Just in case you didn’t read mylast post(which is too bad because Kevin Foster described it as a “ripping great yarn!”), Manolis Mermelechas was a native of the Greek island of Psara who fought against the Turks during the Greek War of Independence. After the Turks invaded and captured Psara in 1824, Mermelechas and his men shifted their base of operations to the pirate haven of Mykonos and continued their attacks on Turkish merchant vessels (and the ships of other countries, hence the designation as pirates!). On one cruise, Mermelechas and his men seized a Turkish merchant ship off the town of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos. It ended up being a capture that changed Mermemlechas’ life forever.Read more

Parthian and the Pirates

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“H.M. Sloop Parthian Capturing a Spanish Pirate.” Watercolor by Nicolas Cammillieri of Malta, circa 1825-1830. (Accession# 1951.763.01/QW750)

This week, while trying to identify prints in our collection that showeddghasa, a beautiful little craft native to Malta, I stumbled across a really interesting watercolor painted by Nicolas Cammillieri. The artwork is titled “H.M. SloopParthianCapturing a Spanish Pirate.” The computer record didn’t contain any information about the event depicted but I figured there must be an interesting story behind the artwork–and I was right!

It all started when Lloyd’s List reported that on May 15, 1824 two British merchant vessels, the brig朝圣者of Greenock, captained by J. Wilson1with twelve crew, and the barque香农, captained by 31-year-old Isaac Peart with sixteen crew, had sailed together from Campeche, Mexico for Bristol and Cork but neither had arrived at their destination. They were believed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.Read more

Success (and Liquor) on the Rocks

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成功楔入岩石,LE 1452。在线94年John Hamilton摩尔的1778本书“新的和完整的航行和旅行集合”之后,可以找到。这里

2020 has been a rocky year but humor has definitely helped me along the way. So when I stumbled onto this print and couldn’t stop laughing, I knew that I had to share it. The print is titled “The Success wedged on a Rock, being at the same time between the fire of the Spanish Fort at Umata and a Ship in the Harbour.”Irony anyone?

我带着如此搞笑的标题,我挖得更深,只是笑了。队长Successwas John Clipperton, a British sailor who was born in 1676 and joined Captain William Dampier onSaint George从1703-1704到太平洋的探险。这场航行给了太平洋岛屿的克利珀顿知识,当他导致叛乱的黎明兵和船上迈出叛乱时,他会很好地使用。这并不结束:西班牙语在胡安安东尼奥罗奇卡拉佐,马奎斯德别墅-rocha队以4年来捕获并监禁他。Read more

Pirates Pack the Park

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As many already know, The Mariners’ Museum is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for “Largest Gathering of Pirates”, which currently belongs to Hastings, England. We have spread the word as far and wide as we can in hopes of making this event as successful as possible, so I decided to write a little blog about some of our objects to further our pirate cause. To learn more about our Pirate event, including what to do if you would like to be involved, you can visit our website这里。此外,作为额外的奖金,博物馆的入场只需要5美元。入学海盗活动将是免费的,但请务必为食物,饮料和纪念品带来金钱!

现在到了一些我们的海盗物体!Read more