My Favorite "POTC" Character & Favorite Villain, - Hector Barbossa...

"What ARE you doin'?!...  No, - what ARE YOU DOIN'???!!!...  NO, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'??????!!!!!!" --- Hector Barbosa, when Jack Sparrow declares that he is the Captain Of The Black Pearl.

Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean character
Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Portrayed by	Geoffrey Rush Brian George (video games)
Appearance(s)	Film series Video games Legends of the Brethren Court books The Price of Freedom book Kingdom Hearts II
Information
Gender	male
Occupation	Pirate Captain Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea Formerly: First mate Privateer
Family	Carina Smyth (daughter)
Ship(s) served on	Cobra Black Pearl Hai Peng HMS Providence Queen Anne's Revenge
Weaponry	Knife Cutlass Pistol Hand grenades Sword of Triton
Bounty	10000 Guineas

Captain Hector Barbossa is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, portrayed by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. Barbossa was first introduced in the series' first installment Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as the villainous and treacherous captain of the Black Pearl after committing mutiny against the ship's previous captain, Jack Sparrow. Having met his demise in the climax of the film, his character is revealed to have been resurrected at the end of Dead Man's Chest (2006). In the third film At World's End (2007), it is shown that Barbossa is also one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. In the fourth film On Stranger Tides (2011), he has become a privateer in the British Royal Navy and is ordered to accompany Sparrow on an expedition for the Fountain of Youth. Barbossa also appears in the fifth film, Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).

In the "Becoming Barbossa" featurette on the "Lost Disc", Geoffrey Rush shared his personal take on Barbossa's history: his family was noble but poor, and he ran away from home when he was 13. He went to the sea, and seeing how well the captains and officers lived, decided to become a captain himself. At first, he wanted to be an honest seaman, but quickly recognized that piracy was easier and more lucrative.

Background ---
Barbossa's first name, "Hector", was revealed in a director's commentary on the Curse of the Black Pearl DVD, but no character says it until the third film of the series (when the heroes rescue Jack Sparrow, and Barbossa greets him, Sparrow says: "Ah, Hector! It's been too long! Hasn't it?"). 

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom, Barbossa is the pirate captain in the Caribbean. After his schooner, the Cobra, is attacked and destroyed by the infamous rogue pirates, he goes to Shipwreck Cove to inform the Pirate Lords of his disaster.^[2] With the help of a young pirate Jack Sparrow, Barbossa discovers that the leader of the rogues is Borya Palachnik, the Russian Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea. After he was captured and sentenced to hang, Borya gave his Piece of Eight to Barbossa, thus making him the next Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea.

Hector Barbossa is fond of apples, which appear throughout the first film. He offers one to the captive Elizabeth and later tells her that once the curse is lifted, he wants to eat a whole bushel. There are also apples in his cabin, and when Jack is taken to the brig, Barbossa grabs the apple Jack was eating and throws it in the water in anger. When he dies at the end of "Curse of the Black Pearl", an apple rolls from his hand; he brought it to eat as soon as the curse was lifted. His cameo appearance at the end of Dead Man's Chest shows him biting into his favorite fruit. In At World's End, he is shown eating one apple when aboard the Black Pearl. In On Stranger Tides, he is seen eating apple slices aboard his ship.

According to the audio commentary from the first Pirates of the Caribbean DVD (featuring the scriptwriters), Hector Barbossa is skilled with a sword, and is considered one of the finest swordsmen in the Caribbean. According to the commentary, Barbossa's skills are equal to James Norrington (Jack Davenport) and exceeded only by Will Turner. His prowess with a blade is evident in his duel with Jack Sparrow, and in the maelstrom battle against the East India Trading Company. In the first film, the Black Pearl crew were hesitant to attack Hector Barbossa, even simultaneously. The only person known to have survived a one-on-one duel with him is Jack Sparrow, in the treasure caves of Isla de Muerta—and even that was with the aid of a pistol. Geoffrey Rush comments that Hector Barbossa supposedly used a sword from a very young age, possibly as early as 13.

He uses the same flag as the notorious pirate "Calico Jack" Rackham.

Hector Barbossa's Jolly Roger, which was originally the flag of pirate Calico Jack.

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, Hector Barbossa is described as being attentive to his appearance, as his elaborate clothing shows. He wears a large ring bearing a lion's head symbol and has purplish blue ostrich plumes and a pheasant feather in his hat. His coat buttons are made from recast Incan silver, and his pistol once belonged to a Spanish pirate, won in a duel.^[3]

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Pirate Drinks, - Part 2, - [Plus recipes!!!]...

"Why is the rum always gone???" ---  Jack Sparrow.

...Did you know that pirates would sometimes put red pepper juice and gunpowder in their rum???...  Alexander Exquelmelin wrote about a unique drink in his famous book, "History Of The Buccaneers":

"Of the said potatoes also they make a drink called Maiz. They cut them into small slices, and cover them with hot water. When they are well imbibed with water, they press them through a coarse cloth, and the liquor that comes out, although somewhat thick, they keep in vessels made for that purpose. Here, after settling two or three days, it begins to work; and, having thrown of its lees, is fit for drink. They use it with great delight, and although the taste is somewhat sour, yet it is very pleasant, substantial and wholesome. The industry of this composition is owing to the Indians, as well as of many others, which the ingenuity of those barbarians caused them to invent both for the preservation and the pleasure of their own life."  [Below are more recipes for famous pirate drinks.]

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Glögg (scandinavian, early medieval origin)

3 dl of water

1 spoon of cardamom

5 cloves

2 pieces of cinnamonroll

1/2 dl of raisins

10 almonds

1-2 dl of sugar

2 bottles of red wine

4 dl of vodka (brännvin if you´re in Sweden)

2 dl of port

Boil the water with spices, raisins and almonds.

let it boil for 5 minutes and then turn off the heat and leave

it for 1/2 an hour. then strain off the spices.

mix the water with the sugar and let the sugar melt.

pour all the alcohol into the water and heat it up.

serve hot in small cups with almonds and raisin at the bottom

perfect for those chilly nights on the poop deck.

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Ginger Rum 

Take a big glass jar. Fill it halfway up with fresh ginger, pour white rum to the top and put the lid on. Let it stand for about two weeks and "roll" the jar two times a day. After two weeks the rum turns a lovely golden color.  This means that it is ready.  Serve straight, in small glasses

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Grog

Water and rum mixed together was often called Grog. A dram (a small amount) of rum was often added to a sailor's water ration. A proper grog often included lime juice to help to stave off scurvy and a measure of cane sugar to help kill the bitterness of the water.

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Bumbo

Rum with water, lemon juice, sugar and nutmeg was known as bumbo and was more popular with pirates and merchantmen. 

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Rumfustian

Rumfustian consists of sugar, sherry, ale, egg yolk, lemon peel, gin, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and several cloves.  Sounds yuck to me, but so what???

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Sangaree

Sangaree is a type of mixed drink common in the West Indies and usually featuring wine or fortified wine and spices, similar to sangria.

Sangaree is now known as sangria, and it's a very popular modern drink. The ingredients are: red wine, oranges, limes, peaches, cherries or any other fresh fruit, sugar and pieces of lemon peel. 

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Flip

12 oz Ale

1 oz Brandy

1 oz Lemon Juice

1 Egg yolk

1 tbsp Granulated Sugar

1/4 tsp ground Ginger

Heat lemon juice, ginger, sugar, and 2 ounces of ale in a saucepan over moderate heat until the sugar has dissolved. In a bowl, beat the egg yolk into the brandy. Pour the lemon juice mixture into the bowl with the egg. Beat with whisk until well blended. Transfer mixture into a beer mug. Add the rest of the ale, stir well, and serve.

Pirate Drinks, - Part 1...

Alcohol was both a GodSend and Devil's Torment on board Naval and Pirate vessels. Thanks to Captain Billy Bones in the book Treasure Island, the alcoholic beverage most associated with pirates is rum. Of course, rum has a long association with the British and American navies because both navies had liquor rations and that liquor was usually rum.   Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented molasses. At one time it was all the rage in the Colonies as well as Caribbean because of its inexpensive means of production. 

Because water had a tendency to go bad onboard ships, due to bacterial growth, rum or other spirits was sometimes added to kill the taste. A dram (a small amount) of rum was often added to a sailor's water ration to kill the taste of the rancid water. This was called grog. This also explained coffee and Tea. Of course this was not just something that happened aboard ship. It also happened anywhere water tasted bad. 

Rum would often be the downfall of many pirate crews. Unlike military and merchant ships where some kind of authority measured out the rum being consumed, a democratically run pirate ship, with its weakened code of discipline, sometimes led to a complete disregard for sobriety. There are several accounts of pirate ships easily being boarded because the ship was too drunk to fight One of the best known examples was the capture of Anne Bonney, Mary Reed, and Calico Jack Rackham.  Even Bartholomew Roberts, the tea totaling pirate, was unable to stop his crew from drinking. 

Besides rum, ale was sometimes available on ship but ale, like water would turn bad after a period of time. Of course, the bad tasting water could still be drank. The bad ale could not, not unless you constantly wanted to be running to the ship's head, the lavatory. 

Port wine was often available to officers as a substitute for or in addition to a rum ration. Port first became popular among the English when they went to war with France, and could obtain French wines. Unlike normal wine port it is fortified by adding grape brandy during the fermentation process. This makes it more stable during temperature changes and allows it to last longer during sea travel.   Madiera wine was also popular among pirates because it didn't lose it's flavor in the hot tropical Caribbean, unlike many wines; it remained delicious, even when opened and allowed to let sit.  

It should be noted that Royal Navy Rum was a high quality rum and remained so until it was no longer issued as a ration in the British Navy. 

On a side note, whereas the Royal Navy had rum the Her Majesty's Army had gin. Legend has it, the Army in India had a problem with malaria and the cure for the disease, quinine tasted really bad. To get the soldiers to take their medicine, it was mixed with the liquor ration. Thus gin & tonic was born. 

It should also be noted that within the U.S. Navy, while it lasted (until 1854), the liquor ration was just as often bourbon or other whiskeys as it was rum. The amount of alcohol was determined by Congress and then left in the hand of the ship's captain.

Hidden "Pirates of the Caribbean" Facts You Didn't Know, - [All Series]...

From My Novel "PIRATE HEART", - Ellie Meets Wild Jack O'Leary...

 “Iffin you have the price me ship the Finola be taking you there almost fast as a gull flies!”

Ellie scooped some golden coins from her pouch, putting them in Jack’s hands.  

He blinked a few times, long black lashes sweeping his bright eyes.  “Ah, the sound o’ gold ringing in me pocket has great charms!  You gots yourself a ship and a smashing good cap’n.”  He stood, tall as Will.  He put out a lean brown hand.  “Jack O’ Leary, Wild Jack some calls me.  We leaves immediate after I gives Alice me attention.”

“Oh, of c-course, ---n-naturally, ---s-sure, --- ah, y-yes!,” Ellie babbled.

Jack rushed into the shack.  Jeremiah looked at Ellie, puzzled, as she sat down heavily on the wooden crate, puffing her cheeks.  Ellie took a few gulps of ale from the mug that Jack set on the ground .  Jeremiah suddenly drew back, his eyes huge.  He had seen Ellie’s shirt and jacket gaping for a moment showing the roundness of a breast.  “Lord Almighty, you’re a girl!”

Ellie grinned up at him.  “Woman.”

“Why are you hiding your pretty self in boy’s clothes?”

“Because it’s safer to travel alone disguised as a boy.”

He rubbed the back of his head.  "Your femaleness won‘t matter to Cap‘n O‘Leary considering how rich you be.”

“Not if he’s a pirate and I think he is!”

Jeremiah laughed.  Jack came through the doorway, Alice’s arm in his.  “Me dearie, give this sailor a final buss, aye?”  He pursed his lips comically and leaned down to her.  She reached up, throwing her arms around his neck.  “Jack, you be the sweetest man!”

“Alice, dinna let anybody destroy your natural beauty o’ spirit, most generous you be.”

“A bit aged.  They calls me Ancient Alice.”

Jack frowned.  “The old puglouses, that be harsh!  The oldest violins plays the most beautious music!  You be a tropical Stadivarius.”

Alice kissed his cheek.  “Will you be shipping out soon, Jack?  I never knowed a handsome rolling stone to stay put.”

“I be leaving today with these gentlemen.”  He waved toward Ellie and Jeremiah.

Jeremiah grinned.  “Cap’n, look closer at Elwood.”

Jack stepped back a little, pushing up the brim of his hat, grinning  “Ha!  You be a bit strange and large in the chest for a boy and pretty round lower down.  Be you done by some roguish swain and moving along to sweet motherhood, lass?”

Ellie looked at the ground.  “Yes.”

Jeremiah backed up a couple of paces, fear in his eyes.  “You’re gonna have a baby?  When?”  

Ellie laughed.  “”In about five months.”

“You be big for as far along as you be, lass.”

“Oh, you know so much about it, Jack?”

“I been at more than one woman’s lying in.  Could you possible be having twins?”

Ellie gasped.  “What?”

“You heard me, lass.  Twins runs in some families, like mine for instance.”

Ellie had a sneaking suspicion.  “Your family?”

Jack grinned, the sun sparkling furiously off his gold tooth.  Ellie noticed gray pearl studs in his ears too.  “Aye, me half brother Timmy were a twin, only one o’ them what survived birth, but he died o’ consumption when he were but a tyke.  ‘T was shortly after me ma hanged.  I heard o’ that, but did nay see it.  I been in Newgate set to die meself for stealing a sack o’ potatoes.  I escaped though, obvious, for here I stands a man, hale an’ hearty.”

Ellie squinted at him.  “Do you have a half brother Will?”

“Aye, me younger brother Will.  He been me ma’s legal child, her being married to Clive Burton.  I be the son o’ Liam Curry, a by-blow and proud o’ it for me da were a kind man, but that Clive Burton be a wicked old maggot, even with his lordly background.  Me ma were a raging beauty, her flashing eyes dark secrets, her hair a shining black river and her skin like buttery toffee.  Will went to sea too, must be the wild blood in the whelps o’ the lovely Mary O’Leary!”

Jeremiah looked excited.  “You’re a pirate like your brother Black Will!”

“Sure.  Say, you dinna look so well, Missy.”  Jack grabbed Ellie’s arm as she swayed on her seat.

“I’ll be alright.”

 "What be your name?”

“Ellie Strickland.”

“Howdy-do, Miss Ellie.”  He bent over her hand.  His velvety lips touched the back of it.  Just like Will’s, the beautiful eyes were dramatically set over broad and high cheekbones.  “Let me help you up,”  He put a gentle hand under her elbow.  “Sometimes a woman with child faints.  Does you want me to carry you?”

Ellie brushed her shirt down over her belly, picked up her jacket.  “No, I can walk.”

“You knows me brother well?”  His eyes went to her belly.  

Ellie lifted her chin proudly.  “I do.”

Alice came toward them holding three foaming glasses of ale.  Ellie accepted her’s gladly.  Jack and Jeremiah drained theirs completely.  One taste and Ellie did the same.  It was the best ale she’d ever had.  Alice grinned.  “I makes that.  It be how I mostly supports meself, selling it to taverns.”

“It’s delicious, Alice, many thanks!”

“Shaw, Miss, you be too kind.  I uses me granny’s recipe.  She were from Bavaria where they be genius about beers.  I has five sons, no daughters.  I could nay help overhearing ye talking about Will.”

Ellie sighed.  “Yes, I’m trying to catch up with him.  That’s why I need a fast ship.”

Jack picked up a long musket leaning against the shack.  “We be going.”  He slung it behind his big square shoulders, one knobby wrist hanging over each end.  Alice gave him a last kiss and Jack practically galloped off.  Ellie and Jeremiah had a hard time keeping up with him, but they saw his broad brimmed hat, it’s mass of colorful feathers bobbing through the open air market. 

Soon they were standing in front of Jack’s orange ship.  He put his hands on his hips, and laughed.  “The color o’ me Finola be a bit original.  I had three buckets of paint, nay enough o’ one color so I mixed them together and they covered her just fine!”

Jeremiah's eyes danced as he watched the activity on deck the bare-chested, barefoot crew swarming all over the Finola. 

“Let’s go!”  Jack strode up the gangplank.  He told his men they’d be leaving soon and some of them went to get extra provisions. 

“Our heading, Cap’n?”

“Santa Catalina, Mister Pettigrew.  This be Ellie Strickland and Jeremiah Potts.”  Jack rubbed his chin.  “There be no private quarters for females here.  Me crew sleeps under the stars.  Being exhausted by the day’s work some will nay bother you, but I can nay guarantee the behavior o’ such rowdy sea dogs.  You be welcome to share me cabin.”

Ellie eyed him suspiciously.  He chuckled.  “I swears I will nay touch you, at least I’ll nay this even.”

Ellie kicked his shin.  He jumped back, rubbing his leg.  “You dinna had to do that!”

“I did!  Keep your place, Captain O’Leary, and I accept your offer of space in your cabin.”

Jack put out both palms as if to fend her off.  “Forgive me.  And, come this way, Queenie.”

Eliie narrowed her eyes at being called ‘Queenie’, but she nodded.  “Thank you.”

Jeremiah pulled her arm toward him.  “You don’t have to stay with him.  You can sleep next to me on the deck.  I won’t let any pirates get you.”

Ellie was touched.  She patted Jeremiah’s shoulder.  “You’re a good friend, but I can handle myself.”

Jeremiah looked at Jack’s wide back as he walked away carrying Ellie’s sack.  “I hopes so.”

Ellie smiled.  “Don’t worry.”

Jack opened the door to his cabin.  Ellie stepped inside.  It was very different from Will’s elegant quarters on the Sea Wife.  There was only a cot with several blankets and a stool nailed to the floor. A journal, pot of ink and a quill were on the floor.  A big chest stood upright against the wall, a mug and a wooden board with a few crusts of bread and a stone bottle on it.  A tin bucket was in the corner.  In a wooden crate were neatly folded clothes.

“I’ll get you a cot, Miss Ellie.  The cooks rings a bell fer meals.  You can eat your share on deck or bring it here.  I has me duties as cap’n now.”  Jack gallantly swept his hat off his head and left.  Ellie sighed, sitting on the cot.

“AWKK!”  A scarlet macaw jumped from behind the chest, strutted across the cot arrogantly, turned and gazed at her with his cold white eyes.  “AWKK!”  The parrot spread his wings threateningly, bobbing his head up and down.  “CLAM BRAIN!  COW PIMPLE!  RUN HER THROUGH THE GIZZARD, LADS!”  

Ellie rushed out the door, slamming it hard.  She ran to Jack, grabbed his arm.  “There’s a huge parrot in your cabin!”

Jack turned.  “Oh, you met Fury.  He be me first mate although since he be avian the crew thought I should make it honorary-like.”

“Maybe Fury could stay on deck while I’m traveling with you.”

Jack rubbed his chin.  “Nay, ' t would upset him.  Besides, Fury be good company.  He talks, does tricks.  I been trying to teach him polite things like, thank you and howdy-do, but he nay wants to learn them.  Guess he gots a black heart!  I picked him up on Martinque, came right down to me hand, sweet boy!  The crew thinks he be tamed before because he be so gentle.”  Jack laughed.  

“Gentle!,” Ellie mumbled.  “You actually have a parrot!.”

Jack frowned.  “Aye.  Where does you think I gets feathers for me hat?”

“From Fury.”

“You think so?”

“Don’t mock me!  Do you want me to kick you again?”

“Damn me eyes, you be an evil-tempered wench!”  He stepped back.  “Me brother Will dinna try to train the obstinate out o’ you?”

“He tried.”

“He was nay too successful.”

“Not very.  Jack, does Fury bite?”

“Sure, he bites all sorts o’ things, fruit, seeds, nuts.  He be a fool for pineapple and he relishes his morning tea.  He nay be tasting fingers usual, but watch your digits around him even so!”  Jack laughed and laughed.  Ellie DID want to kick him again!