Media found the historical prototype of captain Jack Sparrow
Turkish journalists said they found a historical prototype of the character of the Saga “pirates of the Caribbean” Jack Sparrow. That is, excuse me, captain Jack Sparrow.
The newspaper Daily Sabah writes that the prototype of the hero johnny Depp was the English pirate Jack ward (sometimes the publication calls him James). Supposedly he had even nicknamed Sparrow.
Little information on the Ward can be gleaned from the memoirs written by his fellow sailor, and numerous songs and ballads, the newspaper reports. According to these figures, James ward was born around 1553 in the port town of Faversham in Kent in the South East of England.
Ward started out as a privateer — essentially a pirate, acting in the interests of the English crown.
But one day he deserted the Royal service and turned into a pirate, without any but.
By the time he was called Jack birdie (Jack Bird) and under this name he became famous among fellow sailors. About him made up songs and ballads. Jack birdy was a successful pirate, not just his attacks on merchant ships in the Mediterranean, brought him a rich booty. His base he made a naval base in Tunisia.
Apparently, tired of the life of the pirates, Jack ward asked for a pardon from the king of England James I, but was refused. Then he returned to Tunisia. There he is converted to Islam, receiving the name Yusuf Reis and entering the service of the Ottoman Empire.
According to some, Christianity it sickened him because of the constant strife between Catholics and Protestants.
Ward dedicated to the play of 1612 “a Christian turned Turk” English dramatist Robert Daborn. In it the author tells the story of how pirates converted to Islam.
The captain is so fond of small birds that the locals gave him the nickname Asfur, which in Arabic just means “Sparrow”.
“Jack Sparrow” in your Arabic of the period mentioned in the travel notes of the Scot William Lithgow. Lithgow met ward during your stay in Tunisia. A traveler writes that the captain had previously been known as a drinker, but after conversion to Islam, threw addiction. It is also reported that the former pirate was wearing a turban in the Turkish manner.
As for the movie Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of the Caribbean”, the filmmakers never mentioned the existence of the prototype of his character. Initially, the hero johnny Depp even planned to do a secondary. And the actor himself, who invented features and character of his hero, told me that the prototype Jack Sparrow was the guitarist of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards.