Skull & Crossbones Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/skull-crossbones/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 17 Dec 2016 14:02:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Original Skull & Crossbones? https://mechtraveller.com/2016/12/original-skull-crossbones/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/12/original-skull-crossbones/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2016 14:02:54 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1995 There are a number* of popular and academic explanations for the invention of the “Jolly Roger” flag with its skull & crossed bones motif. However this isn’t usually included among them. The 14th century (originally) church of St. Nicholas in the parish of Deptford on the south bank of the Thames, just upstream from Greenwich, […]

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