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Welcome to day three of the Queens of the Sea series, part of the Random Magic Pirates book tour! Here is the mini-bio for today’s pirate, provided again by Lyrika:
Jacquotte Delahaye: The Gambler
Jacquotte Delahaye was a 17th century French pirate, or buccaneer, and her hunting ground was the Caribbean
Sea.She was originally from Haiti and turned to piracy after the death of
her family. She faked her own death and later returned under her own
name.Her nickname was ‘Back from the Dead Red,’ because of her vivid red
hair and seeming ability to return from the grave.
You can read more about Jacquotte Delahaye at The Book Swarm on May 16th, as part of the Queens of the Sea series. (I’ll update the link after it’s been posted.)
Other sources say she was active around 1650 or so, and that she started out disguising herself as a man but later worked under her own identity — so I gave her men’s clothes, but cute ones. The doublet just doesn’t seem very nautical to me… maybe it could be for formal occasions. In any case, at this point we are just a couple of decades away from the kinds of clothes, like waistcoats and justacorps, commonly associated with the “golden age of piracy.”
Don’t forget to enter my contests! Click here for the chance to win an original drawing, for those of you who can give me an address if you win, and click here for the chance to design a pirate outfit, open to everyone!
Check out the tour schedule here! And for more information about Random Magic, here’s the trailer for the book.
Also, check out the Rum + Plunder treasure hunt for more pirate prizes!
First comment :D This is my favorite so far. I love the green jacket with that gold/yellow sash
Ooh, I love this. I have a thing for hats; I’d love to have that one in real life.
I could see myself wearing this outfit if I were a pirate…also because I have red hair like she did! But so far in my life I haven’t returned from the dead…yet;)
I really am enjoying these. I am learning about fascinating women and the costumes are so different. Bravo!
ooo, scary nickname. love the jacket.
I love pirates. Going to see the midnight showing of Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides. Your work is as always AWESOME.
I think my favorite part is the jacket. :) It’s a lovely shade of jade.
It’s pretty.. I liked the first pirate costume too. How long are you going to be doing these?
I love the hat! Oo a Frenchwoman, without a partner dilemma on scene, a gambler who faked her own pirate death! I like i like! <3
love love love it all. i wish i could draw as well as you. can u email me some drawing tips please? i love your work and every aspect about it i also reckon you are living the dream you must be so proud of the work you are doing. i reckon that you should write a book that has every single dress or outfit you eva drew. i know i would be your first buyer. cant wait till the next dress. yay yay yay. bye
Oh I love these but I a bit sad. No boy dolls? i am having a princess and pirate party for my 7 year (8 in March) old. Boys and girls are going to be there i was looking for paperdolls even boys might like :) well I came close here these are just wounderfull.