1670, Caribbean Sea. She's the daughter of a legendary pirate. He's a Spanish captain. Their countries are at war. Their fathers killed each other. And they were destined to follow on their steps.
But sometimes destiny isn't written in stone: it's w...
Considering we're gonna spend most of the story on board old tall ships, let's get started with the basics: the different kinds of ships you're gonna read about.
In 1670, ships without oars moved only thanks to the push of the wind in their sails, and there were many types of sailing ships, named according to size, number of masts and decks, oars or not, etc.
Here in the Legacy Saga universe, you will read mostly about brigantines and frigates, the best armed vessels back then. There are also some mentions about galleons, merchantmen and pataches.
Since author's tirany rules, I created a type of ship I called warrior, which I describe here below.
So let's take a walk about the harbor and see the ships we're gonna sail on.
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Merchantman refers to any kind of sailing ship carrying goods. These were mostly brigantines or smaller ships.
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This is a merchant patache: two masts, one deck, small, light and fast, halfway between a sloop and a brigantine. Caribbean pirates used them a lot, because they were easy to come by, capture and arm—as in putting weapons on them, not assemble them. Spaniards used them to carry goods and as escort vessels in short trips, both in the Caribbean and in Europe.
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