I’m no historical expert and I am just kind of spitballing here but I could see a few situations where that would make sense. Like you have something that is too hot to handle for the time being, maybe you just stole from Spain and now you have to pass through a Spanish blockade? Or maybe people can easily show up to a port with a normal amount of gold/currency but then over a certain amount it either risks being confiscated or drawing attention.
Makes sense
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Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Katana314@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Interesting to realize; a ship pulling into port is just a privateer, especially if their cargo hold is nothing but a shipment of bananas. The only thing that makes them a pirate is a freighter on the bottom of the sea, and treasure only they know about.
Dasus@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yea pirates burying treasure is largely a myth imo
Like yeah there’s documented instances, but it wasn’t common practice.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
There has always been better ways to launder money than simply sitting on it.
sidelove@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I was under the impression it was just storage under-the-mattress style. No one’s bringing a treasure chest to buy eggs.
Dasus@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I don’t think pirates really worried about laundering any booty. What for? They weren’t worried about the IRS, nor would people generally have qualms about where someone’s gold/silverm/wares might have come from, methinks.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 hours ago
I just spent way too long reading this as a result: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_treasure
UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The only pirate known to have buried treasure… Dud it once to hide it from the authorities when he was attempting to get amnesty
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’d be more concerned about the flying saucer critter eyeing them down.
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…or the lit stick of dynamite a few feet away from the dude’s head.
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I ❤️ finding the Bizarro treasures. There’s usually something in every comic.
chtk@feddit.nl 4 hours ago
It’s a Bizarro comic. The little alien guy is always there somewhere.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 19 minutes ago
Nice! This was my first one - definitely had me scouring the entire image once I started noticing the weirdness.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Or the eyeball. Or the other thing, whatever it is.