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The details of how Shirland went from seaman to Captain are vague but eventually she was at the helm of her own ship trying to mimic her hero Drake along the Main.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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In her early teens, for no reason specified other than she was one of those kind of girls, Shirland cast off her skirts in favor of breeches and chose a life at sea.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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In her early teens, for no reason specified other than she was one of those kind of girls, Shirland cast off her skirts in favor of breeches and chose a life at sea.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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The legend goes something like this: Shirland was born in that most seafaring of English shires, Devon, some time between 1550 and 1560.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Her ship was boarded in a night raid and Shirland was dragged, naked and screaming, from her cabin to be dispatched directly by the Spanish.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Shirland got a taste of successful pirating, and she liked it.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Elizabeth was an extremely common name at the time and Shirland/Sherland is by no means uncommon.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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The legend goes something like this: Shirland was born in that most seafaring of English shires, Devon, some time between 1550 and 1560.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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The details of how Shirland went from seaman to Captain are vague but eventually she was at the helm of her own ship trying to mimic her hero Drake along the Main.
Guest Blogger Paula Fletchall-Bryner on Lady Pirates: "Cutlass Liz" Shirland Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Shirland got a taste of successful pirating, and she liked it.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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