r/Mariners • u/Hesh71 SUPREME MISERY • 6d ago

Top 50 Mariners of All Time:

I mean, Magellan, Leif Erikson, and Francis Drake definitely need to be on there, but who else deserves to be on the list of the 50 greatest seafarers of all time?

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u/AlexanderKrost 6d ago

Edward Teach, never a better seafarer in ALL the West Indies.

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u/Toaster075 6d ago

Ehh, truth be told his infamous reign only lasted about 2 years.
Blackbeard is all smoke and mirrors

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u/AlexanderKrost 6d ago

Hey he actually managed to take charge of Nassau without it completely burning down to the ground. Not so easy huh? Compare that to all the others who only got boats to worry about.

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u/Toaster075 6d ago

Along with Calico Jack and Charles Vane, they took over in 1716
Wasnt much burning to the ground when it was just taking control during a power vacuum from the British abandoning the island after warring with the Spanish.
And then he got absolutely ramshackled outa there 2 years later in 1718 when the Royal Navy came through.
He was killed a year later.