==== Writing About Pirates ====

(via https://referenceforwriters.tumblr.com/post/63862031222/writing-about-pirates )

====The Characters and the Fiction====

  * [[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/9/120919-talk-like-a-pirate-day-news-history/|Not Even Pirates Spoke Pirate]]
  * [[https://www.cracked.com/article_19482_6-absurd-pirate-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html|6 Absurd Pirate Myths Everyone Believes]]

====Life====
  * [[http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/pirate_booze.htm|What did pirates drink?]]
  * [[http://www.tukaram.net/pirate/terms.html|Pirate Life]]
  * [[http://www.cindyvallar.com/bepirate.html|Oh to be a Pirate]]

====Real life pirates====

  * [[https://www.thoughtco.com/real-life-pirates-of-the-caribbean-2136234|Real-life pirates of the caribbean]]
  * [[https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-anne-bonny-mary-read-2136281|Ten Facts About Anne Bonny and Mary Read]]
  * [[https://hubpages.com/education/Women-Pirates-Female-Pirates-of-the-High-Sea-in-History|Historical Female Pirates]]
  * [[http://web.archive.org/web/20150723181758/http://www.tsu.edu:80/PDFFiles/media/center/BLACKPIRATESBACKGROUND_2-19-07.pdf|History of Black Pirates]]
  * [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-02-me-46893-story.html|Raids, Not Race, Were What Mattered to Black Pirates]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pirates|Wikipedia’s List of Pirates]]

====Historic Periods====

  * [[http://www.cindyvallar.com/goldenage.html|The Golden Age of Piracy]]
  * [[http://libcom.org/history/articles/pirates-piracy-atlantic-golden-age|1680-1730: Pirates and Anglo-American Piracy in the Atlantic]]
  * [[https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-pirates-2136238|1700-1725 The Golden Age of Piracy]]

====The Ships====
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pirate_ships|Wikipedia Category: Pirate Ships]]
  * [[http://mentalfloss.com/article/21557/6-famous-pirate-ships|6 Famous Pirate Ships]]
  * [[https://piratesonline.fandom.com/wiki/Pirate_Speak_-_Ship_Parts|Ship Parts (possibly flawed but very long list)]]
  * [[http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirate-ships-info/ship-parts/|Ship Parts]]
  * [[https://www.thoughtco.com/positions-duties-on-a-pirate-ship-2136230|Positions and Duties on Board of a Pirate Ship]]

====Weapons and Fighting====
  * [[https://www.thoughtco.com/pirate-weapons-2136279|History of Pirate Weapons]]
  * [[http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/weapons.htm|Pirate Weapons]]
  * [[http://www.martinturner.org.uk/martins-notes/art-and-society/for-writers-how-to-write-sword-fight-scenes/|For Writers: How to Write Sword-Fight Scenes]]

====Books====
  * [[https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780807050255|Villains of All Nations]]
  * [[https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/pirate-fiction|in popular fiction...]]

====Websites====

  * [[https://www.historicnavalfiction.com/|Historic Naval Fiction]]
  * [[http://www.thepirateking.com/|The Pirate King]]
  * [[http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/|The way of the Pirate]]
  * [[http://www.cindyvallar.com/pirates.html|Pirates & Privateers]]