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Davy Jones' Locker Pirate Map to the Dead Mans Chest Stationery and Birthday Party Invitations.Avast You Scurvy Dog: Davy Jones' Locker stationery is a pirate map the leads to the Dead Mans Chest. There are Navigation lines near the top and a Pieces of Eight rubbing in the bottom left corner, to mark the spot of Davy Jones Locker. This makes for great Pirate Party Invitations. Ahoy Me Hearties, Thar be Extras here Says I: Below you will find various pirate History and some Pirate terminology at the bottom to use with our stationery or whatever you like. Arrr! History of Davy Jones' Locker: Davy Jones' Locker was the term used by seamen such as pirates and buccaneers to describe death. To go see Davy Jones' was a grim death that no sailor wanted as Davy Jones' Locker was at the farthest gloomy depths, at the bottom of the ocean. No sea faring man wished to see Davy Jones as it would mean his soul was lost to an evil spirit by means of a terrible death such as drowning. Often when pirates and the like threatened to kill each other they would say "I'll see you to Davy Jones." If someone was close to death they would say. "He be in Davy's Grip."
Shiver me timbers! More Pirate History: The skull and cross bones or the Jolly Roger was not only a symbol of piracy, the Jolly Roger was also a signature of a ships captain, as well as a history of piracy lineage. Captains of pirate ships would often fly their own version of the Jolly Roger. Some of these captains include Bartholomew Roberts, Edward England, Christopher Moody, Emanuel Wynne, Condent and more. Emanuel Wynne is said to be the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger. Iconography of the Jolly Roger included swords, hourglasses, hearts, spears, blood drops, horns, images of men and most importantly, a human’s skull and bones. The Cross-Bones has always been an ancient symbol for death. The hourglass represented a short amount of time for deliberating surrender. The Jolly Roger first came about in the 18th Century. The Jolly Roger has its roots in Buccaneering. Originally the flag of the Jolly Roger was red, from the days that Buccaneers would fly a red flag when approaching an enemy to tell them that they should surrender without a fight or else blood would be spilt. In the year 1700, Emanuel Wynne, a French pirate, flew the first black Jolly Roger in a fight with the H.M.S. Poole. The black Jolly Roger Emanuel Wynne used stayed popular after that encounter for a good thirty years. However the black Jolly Roger used by Emanuel Wynne was not the only type of Jolly Roger flown. Some pirates other than Emanuel Wynne, flew a white Jolly Roger with a black skeleton. Some flew the Red Jolly Roger the entire time. Jolly Rogers were made of combinations of skulls, spears, hearts, swords, hourglasses, all mixed with different color variations. Ultimately the first Jolly Roger flown by Emanuel Wynne, was used for psychological warfare. The Jolly Rogers sole purpose was to strike fear into the hearts of its intended victims, who knew they would be killed if they did not submit to surrender. During the period when Emanuel Wynne flew his black Jolly Roger, the Jolly Roger meant surrender now and be spared. Then if they took down the black Jolly Roger and ran up a red flag, it was to late for surrender. The term Jolly Roger could have originated from several different places. The first is the French words “Joli Rouge” for the red flag of the Buccaneers. The second is “ Ali Raja” from Cannonore which means, “king of the sea.” Last is the English word “Roger” which means vagabond or rogue which is the devil. The Jolly Roger meant certain death by a crew of devils. Pirate Talk:
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