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The characters we are going to discuss today, the two main characters at least,

and really the story itself are all extensions of the discussion

we had about the English East India Company.

Now that company doesn't play a role in today's story, but there are connections there.

The Virginia Company shared a bunch of investors and shareholders and officials and even

naval commanders with the East India Company.

We're going to begin with one of my favorite characters, Christopher Newport.

Now Newport was not a pirate. He was a loyal and law-abiding privateer. But he has all the trappings of a pirate.

You know, in his youth he was a dashing charming, handsome, talented sailor.

He had that Shakespearean goatee and mustache combination that was

literate.

But he could fence and he could dance and he was literate.

He knew how to read and write.

And he also knew how to charm an audience with his tales.

Suffice it to say, whenever this good-looking young rogue arrived in court or in port, he was very popular.

As Christopher Newport aged, he grew into the figure of the old captain.

He grew a big beard and scars on his face and lost one of his arms which he replaced with a hook.

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