A Short History of Pirates
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Swashbuckling, murder and robbery on the high seas! We're bringing back the fan favourite episode on Dr Rebecca Simon's 'Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read' from our archive.
She takes Dan through a dramatic history of piracy in the Caribbean and the Atlantic World. She tells the extraordinary stories of pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read as well as captains Blackbeard, Jack Rackham and the notoriously sadistic Charles Vane. She also gives Dan the lowdown on pirate treasure.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, folks, Dan Snow here. |
| 0:01.6 | I am throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of Dan Snow's history hit. |
| 0:06.1 | I'd love for you to be there. |
| 0:07.5 | Join me for a very special live recording of the podcast in London, in England on the 12th of September to celebrate the 10 years. |
| 0:14.1 | You can find out more about it and get tickets with the link in the show notes. |
| 0:17.5 | Look forward to seeing you there. |
| 0:24.1 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to Dan Snow's history hit. Rebecca Simon is an academic and |
| 0:30.6 | broadcaster. She very cleverly came to the UK to do her PhD at King's College London. |
| 0:36.0 | She now teaches in Los Angeles, where she teaches, |
| 0:40.0 | among other things, about pirates. If you want to know about Captain Kidd, if you want to know |
| 0:45.7 | about BlackBair, if you want to know about the so-called golden age of piracy, golden for some, |
| 0:49.7 | pretty grim for others, I'm guessing, then it's the podcast for you. I thought it's back at all |
| 0:54.1 | about pirates and the Spanish main. If you want to watch, we've got Grim for others, I'm guessing. Then it's the podcast for you. I thought it was Rebecca all about |
| 0:54.4 | pirates and the Spanish main. If you want to watch, we've got quite a lot of naval history on |
| 0:59.6 | on history.com. When I say quite a lot, we've got a huge amount of naval history on there |
| 1:05.1 | because I'm slightly obsessed to naval history as the most long-suffering listeners know. |
| 1:08.6 | So after you've listened to the wonderful Rebecca Simon, head over to history hit.tv. |
| 1:12.6 | Enjoy. |
| 1:19.0 | Rebecca, thank you so much coming on the podcast. |
| 1:21.0 | You're welcome. |
| 1:21.5 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:22.6 | I'm excited to be here. |
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