Florida Pirates: Facts & Fiction
Photo: “Cosplay Pirates des Caraïbes” by flexgraph is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Did you ever want to know the difference between a pirate and a privateer? Did you ever wonder if Panther Key hermit Juan Gomez was really the infamous pirate Gasparilla? What about whether or not Black Caesar really kept captives on the island of Captiva? They’ll have the answers to these questions and many more at September’s Third Thursday talk… but you just might have to walk the plank to get them!
Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear, who started his career at Pat Croce’s Pirate Soul Museum in Key West, will share stories of cutthroats and brigands who operated off Florida’s coast as well as the basics of pillaging, plundering, and how to survive life aboard a pirate ship.
By the end of this session, you’ll be fluent enough to truly celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Aaaaaaaarrr!
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