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"A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". Tributaries. Vol. 7. North Carolina Division of Archives and History. pp. 31– 35. Archived from the original on 26 February 2003. Pendered, Norman C. (1975). Blackbeard, The Fiercest Pirate of All. Times Printing Co. OCLC 1959318. Shomette, Donald G. (1985).
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde.
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach (Thatch), active from 1716 to 1718, is perhaps the most notorious pirate among English-speaking nations. Blackbeard's most famous ship was the Queen Anne's Revenge, named in response to the end of Queen Anne's War. [citation needed] He was killed by one of Lieutenant Robert Maynard's crewmen in 1718.
1717, Blackbeard notably captured a French 40-man gunship, which he renamed Queen Anne’s Revenge. Aboard this ship, he raided and plundered throughout the Caribbean.
Blackbeard worked hard to develop his bad boy persona -- but a new discovery shows Blackbeard may have been the type of guy to steal your treasure chest, but then throw on the 'Notebook' for a ...
Blackbeard, and his flagship the Queen Anne's Revenge, has been focus of numerous documentaries including; Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea: Blackbeard's Revenge , Real Pirates of the Caribbean (History Channel), Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard's Lost Ship , Secrets: Blackbeard's Ship (Smithsonian Channel), the "Pirates" episode of Biography ...
Edward Teach, the infamous pirate known as Blackbeard, was born in England in 1680 and died in 1718 on Ocracoke Island. You guessed it, that's part of the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
April 9 – Blackbeard's flotilla, including the Queen Anne's Revenge, Adventure and Revenge, loot and burn the Protestant Caesar out of Boston. April–July 4 – Vane robs seven French and English vessels in the Bahamas. Summer – Howell Davis is turned in as a pirate by the Cadogan's crew and is imprisoned on Barbados. He is eventually ...