Pillories - Pirates of Nassau Museum - Nassau, Bahamas
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These two pillories are erected near the entrance of the Pirates of Nassau Museum in Nassau, Bahamas.
Waymark Code: WM12K62
Location: Bahamas
Date Posted: 06/08/2020
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The Pirates of Nassau interactive museum provides an opportunity to experience the Golden Age of Piracy. Providing a great mix of entertainment and history, your pirate adventure begins on a moonlit dock amidst the sounds of lapping water and pirates celebrating in a nearby tavern. Board a replica of the pirate ship “Revenge” and then enter into a world of cutlass-wielding bloodthirsty pirates.
The Golden Age of Piracy lasted from 1690 to 1720, and Nassau was at its heart, attracting the greatest concentration of pirates ever seen in the New World. With its renowned turquoise waters too shallow for a large man-of-war ship—but deep enough for the fast, shallow draft vessels favored by pirates, Nassau was well suited as a pirate base of operations, especially with their ability to plunder the many merchant ships that plied their trade just a short sail away from Nassau Harbour. Nowadays, however, Nassau & Paradise Island attracts a decidedly different kind of crowd.
I could not find the date of construction of these pillories but they seem in too good condition to be of the golden age of piracy.
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