Episode 241 - Half Drunk, Half Sober, or Half Asleep

The Pirate History Podcast

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🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Adventure Galley spent a few weeks in port before departing on 6 September, 1696. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	Spark your creativity with the Sims.
0:08.0	Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative
0:11.0	when you have to go in search of your creative spark again.
0:14.0	Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,
0:17.0	experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe
0:20.0	and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.
0:25.0	Ready to spark something?
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0:34.0	This is an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:38.0	I've got a question for you.
0:41.0	What is it that distinguishes a pirate from a privateer?
0:45.0	Normally, that would be the authority of the state.
0:49.0	Sir Francis Drake had a letter of mark from the Queen.
0:52.0	William Kid had a letter of mark from the King.
0:55.0	They were private ears.
0:57.0	Most of the Buccaneers though are a bit murkier.
1:00.0	Henry Morgan had a letter of mark from the governor
1:03.0	who didn't exactly have royal authority to hand those out,
1:07.0	same with all of the French pirates and all of the pirates on the Pacific adventures.
1:12.0	But what if a privateer had state authority
1:15.0	from a state that was not recognized by anyone else in the world?
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