Pirate Tactics: Sea Battles

In this video we'll go through the most intrinsical part of a pirate's career: how to capture and plunder a prize at sea. First they had to find the prize, then chase it, engage it at ranged distance, board it, before finally plundering her.
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Bibliography:
The Sea Rover's Practice by Benison Little
Pirate: The Golden Age by Angus Konstam
South Sea Waggonier by Basil Ringrose
A General History of the Pyrates by Charles Johnson
The Buccaneers of America by Alexander Exquemelin
The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
A New Account of Guinea and the Slave Trade by William Snelgrave

0:00 Introduction
0:40 Finding the Prize
2:01 The Pursuit
4:03 Long-Range Engagements
5:10 Boarding Combat
7:04 Victory and its Consequences
8:23 Plundering a Prize
9:30 Post-Plundering
10:05 Conclusion
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