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Research is an essential part of the writing process. The information, lists, and links below have proven to be valuable sources of information for our authors, and many are just plain fun to browse if one is interested in things historical and/or piratical.
 
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General References

Baby Names

The Drunktionary

The English-to-American Dictionary

Jamaican Witchcraft

Jay Barnes on Hurricanes | Jay's Picks

Language Translation -- English, French, Spanish, etc.

Merriam-Webster Online

Nautical Language

Online English to French to English Dictionary

Online Etymology Dictionary

Rasta/Patois Jamaican Dictionary

South Seas Companion

Voodoo and Obeahs

Wikipedia

 

History

The 1749 Articles of War

18th Century England

18th Century Women's Name

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920

Antique Maps of the Caribbean Basin

Association for Historical Fencing

Blacksmith Fundamentals

Blacksmithing: a manual

The Book of Common Prayer 1662

British History Online

Clothing of the 18th Century

Costumes and Clothing: The Seventeenth Century

Dance in History

Deeds to Country Houses

Domestic Medicine; a resource for medical knowlege and practice during the AoS era

English Accents and Dialects (recordings)

English Country Dancing

English Culture, 1660-1830

Eyewitness to History

The Food Timeline

The Foody: Historic Recipes from the UK and Ireland

Fencing Glossary

Folk Music of England

Glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology

Guide to the Caribbean

History of Education and Schools

How Much Is That Worth Today? Converts money from any given year to today's value.

How Sword Making Works

L'Age d'Or & Kirke's Lambs Living History Society

List of Royal Navy Ship Names

A listing of 18th Century slang

Lock, Stock, and Barrel

Map of Port Royal

Meanings and Origins of Phrases (UK)

Medical Historical Library: The English Physitian - 1652

My Armoury

The Online Etymology Dictionary

The Peerage

Period Clothing

Period Clothing: Live Journal discussion and links

Perpetual Calendar

Port Cities London home

Regency Lexicon

Regency Wedding Details and History

Rococo - Clothing in the 18th Century

The Renaissance Tailor

Rulers

The Salacious Historian's Lair

The Worst Jobs in History

The Movie

Dead Man's Chest Screenplay - at Wordplayer

DisneyPirates.com - The Official Disney PotC site

Ka-Bloom Forum: Gallerie d'Orlando

Keep to the Code - The Official Fan Site for PotC

One day's head start

The Orlando Bloom Files - Filmography: Pirates of the Caribbean

POTC Interactive Project Home

Wikipedia - Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

 

Pirates

Brethren of the Coast

The Buccaneers of Amerca

Following the Equator.com - Henry the Pirate

A Glossary of Things Nautical and Piratical

Isle of Tortuga

Marquesate's Pirates of the Caribbean Fanfic Writers' Resources

No Quarter Given Pirate Links

Pirates - Fact and Legend

Pirates of the Caribbean, in Fact and Fiction

Pirates of the Spanish Main

The Pirate Ring

Pirate Soul

Swashbuckler's Cove

Thistles & Pirates Pirates & Privateers - The History of Maritime Piracy

Virginia Romance Writers Pirate Links Page

Reading

Dover Publications

Guide to Giving Feedback

The Mannerly Art of Critique

 

Sailing and the Sea

1775 Naval Terms and Slang

18th Century Navy

The Barque Picton Castle

Boat Links

Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery

Commordore

Duties of Naval Officers

Explanation of the Terms Used in Seamanship, 1794

General Principles of Working a Ship

Global Security.org - Age of Sail

Glossery of Nautical Terms

The Historical Maritime Society

Images of Crises: Shipwrecks and Castaways

Knots Gallery

The Lady Washington on Wikipedia

Life at sea in the age of sail National Maritime Museum

Maritime Art

Maritime Superstitions and Customs

National Maritime Museum

Nautical Info and Links. (Napoleonic period, but still useful.)

Nautical Language

Nautical References from Billy Budd

Naval History, 1790-1919!!

Pacific Offshore Rigging

Patrick O'Brian Web Resources

Rigs

Sea and Sky Nautical Page

Sea Shanties

Ships

Ship's Bells and Watch Schedules

Ship Name Generator

Spanish Ships: Their Parts, Wrecks, and Tresure

The Virtual Trincomalee

 

 

The Writing Process

The Apostrophe

Capitalization in Titles

Wordplay

You Can't Say That!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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