Jason Stone
Jason Stone voted up Christopher Listenfelt's answer
15th century? Are you kidding me? People still thought the world was flat in the 15th century. And Columbus sailed to America in 1492, in which there were no official settlements in the Western Hemisphere. I think someone needs to touch up on some basic world history.  All 4 films are set somewhere between 1740 … Read more
Jason Stone
Jason Stone voted up
Generic historical period no'3. The context is a rough mismatch of several historical periods, as noted above. Providence Island didn't become Tortuga till quite late in the 17th century, while William Dampier and Exquemelin record evidence of pirate contact with asia after 1700; given that the singapore pirates would give them the time of day … Read more
Jason Stone
Jason Stone answered Tahlia kertesz's question
They are set in the early 1700's after the Act of Union of England & Scotland which formed Great Britain but prior to the Declaration of Independance....but as others have noted they are not intended to be serious Historical Drama and so they haven't bent over backwards to be specific OR accurate (did you not … Read more