![]() The crew is forced to sign the ship’s articles consenting to their new piratical ways, thereby placing their heads in a noose. ![]() Nipping at Spain’s empire is common practice for state-sponsored privateers like the Atlantis at a time when lesser European powers dare not directly make war on Spain.īut when those governments abandon the practice of issuing letters of marque to privateers against the Spanish galleons, many of the crews turn pirate. The Atlantis, captained by veteran seaman Benjamin Archer, flies the colours of an English merchantman on the high seas between the English Channel and the Caribbean.īut she also runs up the ‘jolie rouge’ – the Jolly Roger – whenever the prospect of plundering a Spanish treasure ship presents itself. ![]()
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