Ooo-aarrr me hearties... where does the peg-legged eye-patched image of a pirate come from?
..not to mention the hook at the end of one arm and the parrot on his shoulder?
A lot came from literature, but most had some basis in the real world.
Peg-legs and hook for a hand come from the pirates becoming injured and needing a substitute - and the only things they had were what was readily available from the ship. Hooks maybe not so much - but wood replacements were probably common.
Parrots came mostly from literature. It's possible that birds did hang around because of the leftovers and some maybe even became pets. But the idea of a parrot came from Treasure Island's Long John Silver.
I've heard a few stories about the eye patch. One is that it was used to cover an injury. Another was that it helped out when using a spyglass to spot other ships. And I also heard that it was used so that when going from light to dark places often (like hold of ship, treasure cave or the like) they would switch the patch so that one eye was already adjusted to the darkness and would be easier to see.
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