Name:
- Isabel Van Naaister
- Crewman
- Elizabeth Deery
Isabel Van Naaister hails from the Netherlands a descendant of Dutch cloth merchants. As a
young girl Isabel heard tales from exotic and far away lands from her father. From these tales a
sense of wonder lust was instilled in her heart. After coming of age she began to accompany
her father on various voyages. From these experiences her sense as a merchant and as a sailor
began to grow as well as her standing in various Dutch social circles.
After a union with the Dutch East India Company the "spice and silk trade" with the Far East,
and the sub continent, were at an all time high. Sugar, cinnamon, and silk were worth there
weight in guilders in the markets of Europe. As fate would have it greed and deceit were what
the Van Naaister’s would receive. Jealous merchants accused the Van Nassister family’s good
fortune on acts of piracy, and expulsion from the East India Company soon followed.
Vowing to avenge her family, Isabel began a private war with the Dutch East India Company.
An ally too many of the pirates West of Madagascar she continues on this personal quest to
this day. Known now as Isabel the Red she is a formidable pirate quick with the cutlass and
blade.
young girl Isabel heard tales from exotic and far away lands from her father. From these tales a
sense of wonder lust was instilled in her heart. After coming of age she began to accompany
her father on various voyages. From these experiences her sense as a merchant and as a sailor
began to grow as well as her standing in various Dutch social circles.
After a union with the Dutch East India Company the "spice and silk trade" with the Far East,
and the sub continent, were at an all time high. Sugar, cinnamon, and silk were worth there
weight in guilders in the markets of Europe. As fate would have it greed and deceit were what
the Van Naaister’s would receive. Jealous merchants accused the Van Nassister family’s good
fortune on acts of piracy, and expulsion from the East India Company soon followed.
Vowing to avenge her family, Isabel began a private war with the Dutch East India Company.
An ally too many of the pirates West of Madagascar she continues on this personal quest to
this day. Known now as Isabel the Red she is a formidable pirate quick with the cutlass and
blade.
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Pirate History:
Women Pirates: It's been often said; "It's bad luck to have a woman aboard!" As old of a superstition this is there have in fact been women pirates throughout
history. Two of the most famous were Anne Bonny and Mary Read. They sailed under John Rackham whose flamboyant outfit earned him the nickname
"Calico Jack." The two women were first-rate pirates, never shirking battle. Sometimes more fierce than the men on board, it was said of them; "No two were
more resolute, or ready to board or undertake any thing that was hazardous." Eventually captured and sentenced to hang, Anne's last words to Calico Jack
were; "Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog."
Copyright © 2006-2008 Lake Erie Pirates Costume Organization™
Women Pirates: It's been often said; "It's bad luck to have a woman aboard!" As old of a superstition this is there have in fact been women pirates throughout
history. Two of the most famous were Anne Bonny and Mary Read. They sailed under John Rackham whose flamboyant outfit earned him the nickname
"Calico Jack." The two women were first-rate pirates, never shirking battle. Sometimes more fierce than the men on board, it was said of them; "No two were
more resolute, or ready to board or undertake any thing that was hazardous." Eventually captured and sentenced to hang, Anne's last words to Calico Jack
were; "Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog."
Copyright © 2006-2008 Lake Erie Pirates Costume Organization™
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