so the slaves couldn't talk, you say?they'd still have had accents, surely.
and the act of union between england and scotland wasn't passed until 1709, and it was a while longer for the union jack to be agreed on, much less sent to the far corners of the navy. now, the golden age of piracy in the carribean was the 1620s to the 1680s, with the last pirates being picked off not long after. the film suggests that it's set towards the end of that period, but i wouldn't think that late to have the british.
port royale had been an english colony since about 1640, and i think it had been a spanish colony (with a different name). hhhmmm, i don't think morgan and blackbeard were the same person - henry morgan led the sack of panama, the wealthiest city in the new world, and it's burning led to the spanish decline in the carribean and got him made governer of jamaica.
(and the act of union between england and scotland wasn't passed until 1709, and it was a while longer for the union jack to be agreed on, much less sent to the far corners of the navy. now, the golden age of piracy in the carribean was the 1620s to the 1680s, with the last pirates being picked off not long after. the film suggests that it's set towards the end of that period, but i wouldn't think that late to have the british.
port royale had been an english colony since about 1640, and i think it had been a spanish colony (with a different name). hhhmmm, i don't think morgan and blackbeard were the same person - henry morgan led the sack of panama, the wealthiest city in the new world, and it's burning led to the spanish decline in the carribean and got him made governer of jamaica.
bananaman,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:41,
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Acccording to this article I'm readingPort Royale and the rest of Jamaica was under English rule since 1655.
Thank you for the history of the Union Jack.. I did not know that.
What was the flag before then?
(Thank you for the history of the Union Jack.. I did not know that.
What was the flag before then?
Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:44,
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Before that....England had the St George cross, Scotland had the St Andrews Saltire. In fact these countries still use those flags till this day.
( Mystery_Bob,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:47,
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yeah, but the scottish navy didn't really get up to much.still, well done for having a gamble on that darien business. at least you tried!
( bananaman,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:49,
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he he he......I meant general use there - not specifically nautical ;)
( Mystery_Bob,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:51,
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It would have suckedto have been a Scottish Pirate...
Kilts
(Kilts
Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:53,
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Nothing wrong......with a healthy sea breeze around your rigging.
( Mystery_Bob,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:54,
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my history of the union jack is largely false.bob's right, it was just the king's flag (and so used by the royal navy), later adopted by the country.
i would imagine that before they were british, the english navy would just have used the flag of saint george.
(i would imagine that before they were british, the english navy would just have used the flag of saint george.
bananaman,
Wed 3 Sep 2003, 19:48,
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