Port Royal Buccaneers
Port Royal Buccaneers is a group of performers who specialize in the Golden Age of Piracy period. We do a complete black powder show, complete with several dozen guns (pistols, rifles, blunderbuss, flintlock and percussion) and cannons; as well as swordplay; songs and drama. We promote interest in and education about the Golden Age of Piracy through entertainment and are available for performances at shows, parties, Pirate Festivals and Renaissance Faires. We carry insurance for all events where we perform. We emphasize black powder safety and...
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Port Royal Buccaneers members are dedicated to researching, re-creating, and celebrating the unique lifestyle, history, and romance of the Pirates and Privateers in the Caribbean area circa 1600-1800. We share our enthusiasm by actively participating in maritime events, Renaissance-style faires, pirate festivals, and other public venues by portraying characters that might have lived in Port Royal, Jamaica or along the Spanish Main. We are committed to making the club fun, organized, and self-supporting.
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Piracy arose out of, and mirrored on a smaller scale, the conflicts over trade and colonization among the rival European powers of the time, including the empires of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and France. Most of these pirates were of English, Dutch and French origin. Some historians mark the beginning of the Golden Age of Piracy at around 1650, when the end of the European wars of religion allowed European countries to resume the development of their colonial empires. This involved considerable seaborne trade, and a general...
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