Pirate Potheads? On Drugs and Tobacco in the Golden Age of Piracy

Join our discord:   / discord   Hand over them doubloons:   / goldandgunpowder   Fork it over: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Wille... Channel merch: https://my-store-ed237e.creator-sprin... Pirates are famous for drinking rum. Their favorite drink was to mix rum, sugar and lime juice into punch, and serve it in a bowl. This scene was almost ritualistic, and wherever there was a punch bowl, there were pipes and tobacco. Pirates loved to smoke: but what about other substances, like opium, cocaine and cannabis? Modern sources 1700: Scenes from London Life - Maureen Waller The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little Islanders in the Stream - Michael Craton Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire - Mark G. Hanna https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/e... https://www.thcfarmer.com/news/how-th... Period sources The Sea-man's Vade-Mecum - William Mountaine A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Woodes Rogers The Supplement of the Voyage round the World - William Dampier A relation of the great sufferings - Henry Pitman Wafer's New Voyage - Lionel Wafer Timestamps 0:00 On Tobacco 10:35 Indian Tobacco 11:48 Other drugs? #pirates #history #tobacco