Pirate monuments
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aletheiafelineaMonuments of pirates? Of piracy? Some time ago, I came across a photo of a pirate’s statue. I began to wonder, are there other ones in the world? How many? Where? Not just sculptures / artworks / decorations / whatever, but monuments. Memorials. And not memorials of wars against piracy, like the Tripoli Monument in Annapolis, but memorials commemorating pirates themselves. On the first thought, it can seem strange, to praise the memory of criminals, but the thing is that it often turns out to be a complicated problem: was this particular fellow a criminal or not? And if so, how much? And if so, and if very much, had he been plundering us or our enemies? And, last but not least, even if so, and even if very much, and even if he’d been plundering us, had he been doing it with style? ;)
If to count just anyone who was called a pirate once, the list would be never-ending. So I decided to take into account only fellows who were more often called pirates than not, in general agreement, regardless of the speaker’s nationality. A death on a scaffold would be a fine certificate. And privateers don’t count, especially privateers who earned admiralcy, a royally-granted estate, and a death of old age in bed. Leaders running what resembled more a regular war than dishonest, self-seeking sacking & pillaging don’t count too. And I can’t count piracy being just a national job and way of life, or all this entry will be seized by Vikings… And being scowled at by those-days-enemies, and loads of earrings, and the general naval badassery is not enough too, so don’t push in, Sir Drake, savvy?
So, let’s see what remained. Who remained. Whatever.
You’ll find the sources of photos here.
So far, I knew only one such monument, that is Klaus Störtebeker’s one in Hamburg, showing the pirate just before the execution…
…but you can meet him also in Marienhafe and Verden an der Aller.
But there’s a lot more of pirate memorials.
Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart’s memorial is in Little Newcastle, in Wales.
Roberto Cofresí’s monument is in Cabo Rojo on Puerto Rico.
There’s a simple memorial in Charleston, South Carolina, marking the site of the hanging of Stede Bonnet and Richard Worley, and their crews.
Stede Bonnet’s memorial is also in Southport, North Carolina.
Grace O’Malley guards her old land in Westport, Ireland.
Jean Lafitte has a whole national park named after him, in Louisiana! And a memorial in Dzilam de Bravo, Mexico.
José Gaspar, mythical or not, got not only a monument in Tampa, but also his own festival.
There’s an obelisk with the inscription ‘Ibiza a sus corsarios’ on this island, commemorating the pirates living there, and the most often info you can get about it is: “That’s unique thing, the one and only memorial of this sort in the world!” As you can see, this entry proves the contrary…
Looks like leading a national uprising was Stenka Razin’s not exactly the first and foremost desire, but rather a work accident, so we can assume he fits this company. And he has quite a collection of memorials. Left to right: Rostov-on-Don, Srednyaya Akhtuba, and below: Don River near to Tsimlyansk, Pugachevskaya (collective monument of Razin, Yemelyan Pugachev, and Vasily Generalov).
I have not enough info, but it seems there’s a thing called ‘Dr. Gonzalo R. Montemayor (???) Wharf Memorial’, in Lucap, (Alaminos, Philippines), with a statue of Limahong inside.
A nameless pirate tasked with the mission of reminding of the Caribbean heritage is in Mexico, on the coast of Cozumel. And, reportedly, he turned out bloodthirsty beyond the mission’s need? Not that he did anything apart from just standing there…
There’s also a pirate statue in Dillon Beach, California, and since a few dozens of miles down the shore there’s also a bay called Pirates Cove with, reportedly, properly pirate heritage, then one can assume that the statue was intended as a memorial too? Alas, only info I can get says: “the plaque’s missing”.
I suppose there’s more such monuments. Can you add something to this list? :)
If to count just anyone who was called a pirate once, the list would be never-ending. So I decided to take into account only fellows who were more often called pirates than not, in general agreement, regardless of the speaker’s nationality. A death on a scaffold would be a fine certificate. And privateers don’t count, especially privateers who earned admiralcy, a royally-granted estate, and a death of old age in bed. Leaders running what resembled more a regular war than dishonest, self-seeking sacking & pillaging don’t count too. And I can’t count piracy being just a national job and way of life, or all this entry will be seized by Vikings… And being scowled at by those-days-enemies, and loads of earrings, and the general naval badassery is not enough too, so don’t push in, Sir Drake, savvy?
So, let’s see what remained. Who remained. Whatever.
You’ll find the sources of photos here.
So far, I knew only one such monument, that is Klaus Störtebeker’s one in Hamburg, showing the pirate just before the execution…
…but you can meet him also in Marienhafe and Verden an der Aller.
But there’s a lot more of pirate memorials.
Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart’s memorial is in Little Newcastle, in Wales.
Roberto Cofresí’s monument is in Cabo Rojo on Puerto Rico.
There’s a simple memorial in Charleston, South Carolina, marking the site of the hanging of Stede Bonnet and Richard Worley, and their crews.
Stede Bonnet’s memorial is also in Southport, North Carolina.
Grace O’Malley guards her old land in Westport, Ireland.
Jean Lafitte has a whole national park named after him, in Louisiana! And a memorial in Dzilam de Bravo, Mexico.
José Gaspar, mythical or not, got not only a monument in Tampa, but also his own festival.
There’s an obelisk with the inscription ‘Ibiza a sus corsarios’ on this island, commemorating the pirates living there, and the most often info you can get about it is: “That’s unique thing, the one and only memorial of this sort in the world!” As you can see, this entry proves the contrary…
Looks like leading a national uprising was Stenka Razin’s not exactly the first and foremost desire, but rather a work accident, so we can assume he fits this company. And he has quite a collection of memorials. Left to right: Rostov-on-Don, Srednyaya Akhtuba, and below: Don River near to Tsimlyansk, Pugachevskaya (collective monument of Razin, Yemelyan Pugachev, and Vasily Generalov).
I have not enough info, but it seems there’s a thing called ‘Dr. Gonzalo R. Montemayor (???) Wharf Memorial’, in Lucap, (Alaminos, Philippines), with a statue of Limahong inside.
A nameless pirate tasked with the mission of reminding of the Caribbean heritage is in Mexico, on the coast of Cozumel. And, reportedly, he turned out bloodthirsty beyond the mission’s need? Not that he did anything apart from just standing there…
There’s also a pirate statue in Dillon Beach, California, and since a few dozens of miles down the shore there’s also a bay called Pirates Cove with, reportedly, properly pirate heritage, then one can assume that the statue was intended as a memorial too? Alas, only info I can get says: “the plaque’s missing”.
I suppose there’s more such monuments. Can you add something to this list? :)
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Date: 2012-08-05 20:23 (UTC)PS I still think Drake was an out and out pirate though ;P
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Date: 2012-08-05 22:06 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-06 19:01 (UTC)Ooh yes! And when you do, can I nominate this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarro/2686075413/) beautiful picture of Robert Surcouf's statue in Saint Malo? :)
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Date: 2012-08-06 19:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-09 18:03 (UTC)It's so tempting, maybe I should do it indeed! :D
Dooo eeeet....Doooo eeeet! *g*
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Date: 2012-08-09 18:48 (UTC)OK, OK, we'll see! :D Internet will kill me someday, I swear...
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Date: 2012-08-09 20:29 (UTC)'Course it will. But you'll die happy XD
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Date: 2012-08-06 16:53 (UTC)I'm very glad it turned out interesting not only for me!
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Date: 2012-08-06 19:22 (UTC)And research is my fun / love / obsession / whatever, so I just couldn't resist.Thank you for coming!
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Date: 2012-08-10 21:08 (UTC)I translated it to your friends (http://mercator.livejournal.com/100787.html)
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Date: 2012-08-10 22:35 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-11 07:50 (UTC)Monument to Robert Surcouf in Saint-Malo (http://turbina.ru/guide/Sen-Malo-Frantsiya-117893/Otzyvy/Tchto-delat-dostoprimetchatelnosti/Arkhitektura-Pamyatniki/3/0/Pamyatnik-Roberu-Syurkufu-36666/Otzyv/Pamyatnik-piratu-59889/photo1175315/) - he, of course, Corsair, and not a pirate, but piracy is on the list.
http://shraddha-om.ru/post166937975/ - pirate statue in Cartagena, Colombia...
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Date: 2012-08-11 08:53 (UTC)A similar monument (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Turgutreis_Monument.JPG) to Turgut Reis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgut_Reis) in Turgutreis - city, renamed in his honor...
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Date: 2012-08-11 17:14 (UTC)I'm considering making of another list, with corsairs, privateers and such, but I need some time for it. I'm afraid I have a few other projects which should be finished first. Still, thank you very much for your interest, I appreciate it! :)