Did 17th century Caribbean pirates make more than NFL players?
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Welcome back to MoneyLemma! Today’s topic is probably the most commonly requested one by readers. People always want to talk about 401ks, credit card debt, and the lifetime earnings Calico Jack. Enjoy scallywags! Let’s talk about booty. Pirates spend and expend their lives in its pursuit, shoulder parrots squawk about it ceaselessly, treasure maps point to it with big red arrows, and her majesty rues the day it graduated from her coffers. Few lives are more romanticized than the pirate’s life. Yet booty, for all its marvel, is a nebulous term. Was being a pirate actually a lucrative career? How much money would the Goonies have recovered from that sunken pirate ship? What would have actually been buried on Treasure Island? If you drop anchor on this post, you’ll find out.
Did 17th century Caribbean pirates make more than NFL players?
Did 17th century Caribbean pirates make more…
Did 17th century Caribbean pirates make more than NFL players?
Welcome back to MoneyLemma! Today’s topic is probably the most commonly requested one by readers. People always want to talk about 401ks, credit card debt, and the lifetime earnings Calico Jack. Enjoy scallywags! Let’s talk about booty. Pirates spend and expend their lives in its pursuit, shoulder parrots squawk about it ceaselessly, treasure maps point to it with big red arrows, and her majesty rues the day it graduated from her coffers. Few lives are more romanticized than the pirate’s life. Yet booty, for all its marvel, is a nebulous term. Was being a pirate actually a lucrative career? How much money would the Goonies have recovered from that sunken pirate ship? What would have actually been buried on Treasure Island? If you drop anchor on this post, you’ll find out.