I've been SO too long without researchsquee.

[themeletor]

Fomg.

Whoever said period PotC was messy / dull / dreadful to do? LIED.

Just set it in 1692, is all.

.::falls over::.

You'll have to excuse me; I'm in the throes of research adrenaline.

[ETA: YES! WorldBookOnline's research libraries are back!]

Comments

[xzombiexkittenx.livejournal.com]

That's around the period of common concencus, but why that date in particular?

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

IIRC, that's the year Port Royal slid into the ocean.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Actually, yes and no. Going from the_dala's term paper (because ok I'm just too lazy to find it myself), the quake was indeed 1692 (June 7, lesse how I work that in!), but after that Port Royal was revived. Fort Charles was rebuilt, etc., and still remained frequented by many loyal merchants and sailors. In 1703 a fire stopped any further growth, and by 1722 it really *was* le squashed. However, it remained a strategic base for the Navy, and in fact Nelson was stationed there in 1779 (squeee!).

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read her paper, too.

But the 'sliding into the ocean' part gives you lots and lots of data for that specific year, which is why I assumed you picked it. :)

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I actually stuck Psalms to the Taffrail in 1692 because that's when the Battle of Barfleur happened. They're more concerned, at the moment, with the scads of French, British, and Dutch ships in the Channel than they are with Port Royal.

But the much and much data and the 'sliding into the ocean' bit on P. R.'s side of things does mean there's lots of historical colour points, and excuses to get certain pre-canon people to certain islands in the West Indies.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Grand Pooh-Bahs of the film set it in 1730s, the tail end of piracy's golden age.

Psalms to the Taffrail is set in 1692, specifically May.

[justwatchmetry.livejournal.com]

Pooh-bah? Mikado pooh-bah? or am i missing something?

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

You're missing something, babe.

By the Grand Pooh-Bahs of the film I mean Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski, the producer and director of PotC.

I like the term pooh-bah. I use it often. It actually does apply outside of Mikado. But G+S points to you, woot etc. etc.