Jack’s Journey

Many years ago in the Golden age of Piracy, there sailed a buccaneer whose name was Jack. Jack sailed many miles off of the American Main and was considered to be a bilge rat, but he dreamt of having the title of admiral of the black. He often sailed with his bucko,Will, and several of his lads. If any of the lads shall not obey his orders they would be forced to walk the plank.

As Jack walked the bow he sipped from his black jack full of bumboo because he was badly addicted to Nelsons Folly. The captain regularly switched out his Jackstaff so other pirates did not recognize him.because he would be chased and they would find his path to the Spanish Main. Although Jack did not like to be chased he was not afraid to use his chase guns full of grape shot, Jack had a reputation to have a fathom full of booty.

Jack normally stayed in the poop deck and searched the sea through his spy glass for enemies. “Arr”, he would roar when he seen an enemy ship. “Blimey, we are being chased!” he would yell, then the crew came alive. The crew would gather at the hull of the ship to get a look at the clipper. The crew’s first line of defense were chase guns filled with chain shot to try and rather the ships sails useless. They would start firing warning shots when the ship was a league behind. The crew would log the other ship coming at them at 30 miles per hour.

After the battle the crew would raid the ship and sail away with the other crews doubloons. Jack and his mates were becoming rich off of loot. They tied the prisoners from the survivors to a pole in the amidship. Jack ordered the crew to tie the enemy ships flag on starboard side of the ship to let all the enemy ships know they were not to be messed with.

When the ship was heeling and there was no more room for any stolen treasure Jack would set his sails towards dry land and head to the nearest port to cash in his treasure. ack and his crew eventually became rich enough from all the stolen treasure that they no longer needed to be pirates. They went to the port and bought many goods and things they would need to last them a lifetime. Then they found their own island in the middle of nowhere, so they would never be bothered. They would live peacefully with no more fighting nobody will ever know.

Definitions

Plank: ( ships and sailing lingo)

Bow: (ships and sailing lingo) the front of a ship

Poop Deck: (ships and sailing lingo) the highest deck at the stern of a large ship

Spy Glass: (ships and sailing lingo) a telescope

Clipper :(ships and sailing lingo) a fast moving ship

golden age of piracy : (history and places) period from the 1650s to 1730s considered the height of pirate culture.

buccaneer : (namecalling) a pirate

american main: ( history and places) the eastern coastal land of north america.

bilge rat :(namecalling) a rat living in the bilge of a ship.

admiral of the black : (namecalling) a title given to the leader of the brethren of the coast.

bucko: (namecalling) a familiar term meaning friend

lads: (namecalling) a way to address a younger male

Arr: (phrases) an exclamation

Blimey:(phrases) an exclamation of surprise

Chain Shot(weaponry) two cannonballs chained together and aimed high in order to destroy masts and rigging.

League: (measurement) a unit of distance equal to three miles.

Log: (measurement) a record of a ships speed, its progress.

Doubloons( financials) a spanish gold coin worth sixteen peices or 8 escudos

Loot :(financials) stolen goods, money

Amidship(orientation) the middle of the ship

Heeling(orientation) when a ship leans to one side

Port( orientaton) a seaport

Grape Shot:( Weaponry) a projection of small projectiles put into cases to fire from a cannon.

Fathom:( measurement) a unit of length equal to six feet.

Booty: (financials) reward or payment

Black Jack: (merriment) a drink container made of leather

Bumboo: (merriment) a popular pirate drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg, or cinnamon

Nelsons Folly: (merriment) rum

Jackstaff: (history and places) a pole mounted on the  bow of the ship where the flag is flown.

Chased: (phrases) a ship being pursued

Spanish Main: (history and places) lands taken by spain from mexico to peru including the caribbean islands.

Chase guns:(weaponry) cannon situated at the bow of the ship.

By:

Chantel Smith

and

Tyler Ennis