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Today we're talking about the arrival of the Signet and her crew in the Philippines.

As far as Pirate stories go, there are a lot of similarities to the stories we know and love.

Sandy beaches, crystal clear blue water and palm trees.

The Spanish Empire is all over this story, including their armadas of Galleons.

The Pirate's ship is familiar and the Pirates themselves are familiar.

I mean, they're some of the same Pirates that sailed on the first Pacific adventure, and they were all on the second.

They had eye patches and flintlock pistols and cutlasses and rum.

Of course, not everything was the same. The rum ran out before they even reached Asia, and after that there was none to be had.

There was plenty of wine though, and it flowed freely. There are a few parrots, but penguins are much more prevalent. There are Indians, but, you know, like actual Indians. Those sandy beaches might have looked similar, but they would have sound different, the music would have been far different.

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