tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post7030730209326262947..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: People: On The Island of SacrificePaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-39440949834792455422011-06-14T20:57:01.324-08:002011-06-14T20:57:01.324-08:00@Anonymous - hey coward, why don't you try pos...@Anonymous - hey coward, why don't you try posting under a real name? Or maybe get your own blog if you are such an expert...Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-56508089459577341442011-06-14T17:36:24.400-08:002011-06-14T17:36:24.400-08:00Ahoy, Anony and thank you for suggestions.Ahoy, Anony and thank you for suggestions.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-35083352003489468552011-06-14T17:10:59.637-08:002011-06-14T17:10:59.637-08:00Try using a bibliography and image credits/informa...Try using a bibliography and image credits/information next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-83880022222724960462010-05-26T13:47:36.192-08:002010-05-26T13:47:36.192-08:00Ahoy, Timmy! Definately, Van Horn is rather a &qu...Ahoy, Timmy! Definately, Van Horn is rather a "buccaneer's buccaneer" and the Levasseur character in the Sabotini novel "Captain Blood" was certainly inspired - at least in part - by Van Horn.<br /><br />You're right, though. Considering how many innocent people were dying around him and, at least in part, at his orders, Van Horn's demise must have seemed like a drop in the bucket.<br /><br />And thanks for the reminder; time to take my meds.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-34455254613260018802010-05-26T13:12:08.375-08:002010-05-26T13:12:08.375-08:00Ahoy, Pauline! Van Horn seems to typify the stereo...Ahoy, Pauline! Van Horn seems to typify the stereotype that we now think of with pirates in the movies... think Basil Rathbone in Captain Blood. <br /><br />The story of his death also shows how relatively cheap life was just a few hundred years ago and how easy it was to die from what we would consider a relatively minor wound today. Thank goodness for modern medicine... And keep taking your antibiotics, Pirate Queen!Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com