Pirate Expert Reacts To Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Dr Rebecca Simon is a historian of piracy, Colonial America, the Atlantic World, maritime history and all round pirate expert. Today she’s joining us to break down one of the all time great pirate video games, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. We explore how the stories of pirate legends like Blackbeard and Anne Bonny are explored in Black Flag, how ship combat really worked, were crews always singing a sea shanty, and much more. Intro - 00:00 Pirate battles - 0:37 Privateers - 1:50 Pirate cages - 4:00 Havana - 5:39 Taking over a ship 7:40 Ben Hornigold - 9:28 Black flags & Jolly Rogers - 10:40 Blackbeard -12:30 Mary Reed + Anne Bonny- 15:20 Pirate Clothing - 19:40 Ship Battles - 21:30 Sea Shanties - 23:01 For more of Dr Rebecca Simon Https://rebecca-simon.com Twitter: @beckalex TikTok: @piratebeckalex Pirate Queens Book - https://a.co/d/7YaUPCY Why We Love Pirates - https://a.co/d/216z3MY