Now that's a good handle on history!

While on a mountain bike ride today, one of the riders asked me, "James Skyrme, isn't that the name of an old pirate? Didn't he sail with Black Bart?"

I've never had anyone in my 22 years in the US ask me this question. Yet this isn't the first time its happened here in France.

The French are a force when it comes to history!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts
This article gives reference a few times to this historical figure sharing my autograph.