Did Real Pirates Have Tattoos?

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Tattoos are ubiquitous with maritime culture, being a tradition among seamen since at least the 1800s. This begs the question of course, if real pirates ever had tattoos. The question doesn’t have a simple yes or no answer.

Sources:

A Short History of Tattoo - Pesapane et. al
“Mark’d with Gunpowder”: Tattoos in Early America - Heather Baldus
Gunpowder Spots: Pirates & “Tattoos” - Benerson Little
Juan Gallardo: A Native American Buccaneer - Arne Bialuschewski
Pirates of the Eastern Seas - Charles Grey
Stigma: Marking Skin in the Early Modern World - Dauge Roth, Koslofsky
Too Many Cooks - Matt Lodder
X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy - Russel K. Skowronek

Footage credits:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Cutthroat Island
Black Sails Season 1
Master and Commander
Ötzi by 120 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Music credits:
Scarlatti: Sonata E Minor - Jon Sayles
Von Edler Art - Jon Sayles
DamaMay - Kevin MacLeod

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:46 A history of tattoos
10:59 Tattoos in the Americas
18:45 Branding

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