"The Golden Age of Piracy" - Assassin's Creed: Real History

In this fourteenth episode of “Assassin’s Creed: Real History” we explore the opportunistic, swashbuckling period recognized as the Golden Age of Piracy, which represented the backdrop for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

If you have any topic requests for a future video, in which you would like me to research the real history and compare it to the game’s representation, please leave me a comment!

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English subtitles are available for this video.

-Topic Choice-
As an extension to my sub-series that discusses the time periods in the franchise, I decided to re-explore this topic in a more in-depth manner, providing viewers with a closer look into the Golden Age’s early period, while also offering a more thorough analysis of the historical events depicted in the game.

-Disclaimer-
I am an amateur historian. History is not my official field of study, but rather a passion. This series acts as my hobby and as a way to share with you the real history behind characters, groups, events and locations that are depicted in the Assassin’s Creed video game series. Although I work hard to be as detail-oriented as possible, I am clearly not without fault and therefore welcome you to let me know whether you feel I have missed anything important or have misrepresented something in my video.

-References-
Botting, D. (1978). The Pirates. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books.
Burney, J. (1891). History of the Buccaneers of America. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
Cordingly, D. (1996). Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life among the Pirates. New York: Random House.
Cordingly, D. (2011). Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: the Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers. New York: Random House.
Ellms, C. (1837). The Pirates Own Book, or, Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. Maine: Sanborn & Carter.
Jameson, J. F. (1970). Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period. New York: A.M. Kelley.
Johnson, C. (1724). A General History of the Pyrates (2nd Ed., Volume I). London, Great Britain: T. Warner.
Johnson, C. (1728). A General History of the Pyrates (2nd Ed., Volume II). London, Great Britain: T. Warner.
Konstam, A. (2010). The World Atlas of Pirates: Treasures and Treachery on the Seven Seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.
Leeson, P. T. (2009). The Invisible Hook: the Hidden Economics of Pirates. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Pyle, H. (1921). Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact and Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main. New York: Harper & Brothers
Rediker, M. (2004). Villains of all Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Boston: Beacon Press.
Woodard, C. (2007). The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man who Brought Them Down (First ed.). United-States: Harcourt.
Map of North and South Carolina with Frontiers (1775) from: Actual Surveys by Henry Mouzon & Others
Nautical Chart of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (1639) by: Johannes Vingboons
Sea Battle of Vigo Bay (1705) by: Unknown Artist
http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy
http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/
http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/golden-age-piracy

-Credits-
Commentary/Editing (Robius): http://www.youtube.com/user/OnlineKnights
Intro Music (Akmigone): http://www.youtube.com/user/akmigone

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