Here’s an online gallery with some very good images of pirates, and related documents and maps. I know that the pirate gaming craze has largely subsided, but its one of htose things that I’ve always wanted to to.
18th Century
Flags For the American War of Independence
Krigsspil has a large selection of flags for the American Revolution, free for the downloadng
Jacobite Rebellion Rules
Watching with varying degrees of interest the Outlander series on Starz, I was interested to run into this set of free wargames rules for the Jacobite Rebellion. The rules also contain notes on painting, with unit colors and the like.
Early English Books Online
For people interested in original sources, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and ProQuest have released some 25,000 texts dated from 1473 to 1700. Content is available in a variety of formats. Available immediately are some 25,000 books, with an additional 40,000 planned for the future.
Photographs of American Revolution Veterans
Amazingly, we have a few photographs of veterans of the American War of Independence, taken in the 1860s.