Pirates have long fascinated people, yet it was a harsh life for those who went "on the account," constantly overshadowed by the threat of death—through violence, illness, shipwreck, o
‘Brandy for the parson, baccy for the clerk…’We have an image, mostly from movies and novels, of a tall ship riding gently at anchor in a moonlit, secluded bay with the ‘Gentleman’ cheerfully hauling
