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Welcome to day seven 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:
Unknown French pirate captain: The Mystery Captain
Jamaica Rose and Michael MacLeod relate the tale of a mystery pirate captain in their book, The Book of Pirates
In 1805, an American who was held prisoner in Cuba reported on a French privateer vessel, La Baugourt. He said the ship had a crew of one hundred, ‘commanded by a woman.’ This is about all that is known of this unnamed captain.
This anecdote might’ve easily been dismissed as just a fanciful tale, if not for the fact that there is, indeed, a mention of the activity of French privateers at that time — and this very ship — included in a volume of The Mariner’s Mirror, a quarterly bulletin printed by the Society for Nautical Research.
I have been trying to stay at least true to the spirit of the historical periods, and to think “well, someone in this century would have worn this, not that” or “if someone was just a regular sailor she wouldn’t be swanning around in a fancy coat, right?” or “no, somehow, I get the feeling hot pants were never actually part of most female pirates’ wardrobe.” But if this mysterious pirate captain may have never existed, I feel a little more free to give her a costume that never existed! Well, it’s not the most unreasonable pirate costume I’ve ever seen…
By the way, I’m scheduled to have another paper doll up tomorrow, but I’ll be out of town, so I’m going to try to do two over the weekend instead.
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!
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What a great fun costume! Love the knife on the calf and the sash.
This is HANDS DOWN my favorite pirate so far!!!!!!!!
I would totally wear this outfit!!!
this one is colorful! i like the hot pants ;-D
I’m loving that corset, and the hat.
Ba da Ba ba I’m loving it :D
cute! as they always are
I would wear this if I were a pirate! i love it! I like how she was a total mystery…so mysterious(:
This one satisfies my silly notions of how a pirate should look – darn media circus influencing my piratey tastes based on fantasy rather than reality!
I so would wear this too.
Me loves the feathers and the corset :D :D But where’s the parrot???
wait, putting up a paper doll as in…a paper doll? (!!!)
I <3 her top so much! Its a beautiful outfit!! I want one too!!
It’s fun seeing all of these different designs! :)
That’s a cute costume! Great job !