It was my understanding that pirates wore eye patches because it was so bright on deck with the sun shining on the water, that when they would go below deck, they could switch the eye patch and be able to see in the dim light, without having to let their eyes adjust. Always having one eye acclimated to the darkness.
I can attest to this as I do it when I'm going in and out at work. As I age my eyes don't adjust as they once did and I had a few trips and tumbles until I got an eyepatch that I started using because of that pirate idea.
Incorrect. There’s absolutely no evidence pirates during the golden age or any sailor in general did this. If they had an eyepatch it was because they got into an accident that’s it
Sailing was a very dangerous business and accidents aboard ship were not an everyday occurrence but did happen. Losing hands, legs or eyes wasn't unknown. Then there was the ship to ship combat, it wasn't all cutlasses, axes and belaying pins but there was the cannons before there was any thought of boarding. A broadside could turn a lower deck into a nightmare, a storm of flying chunks of wood and shrapnel would easily shred a man to pieces. They would amputate limbs and embed themselves into the bodies of any crew member unlucky enough to be caught in their way. So, statistically speaking, there was a higher chance of a sailor/pirate losing a limb than average so primitive prosthetic limbs were more common, though whether they could continue in their profession after receiving such an injury is questionable.
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"his or her" very nice once more that you include the five or so female pirates of history 👌 hammer pants ! fashionable pirates (or piratesses) wore pump pants ! super wide silken pants with the lower part wrapped tightly around the calves (especially if he or she belongs to the equality- and style-obsessed muslim pirates of the Mediterranean) you also see old vikings and later caribbean pirates wear them on old runestones and bookillustrations
