Blackbeard The Pirate
Blackbeard The Pirate
Blackbeard The Pirate
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the Pirate
A–Z/Nora Voutas; page 12: © Robert Willett/The News & Observer/AP Images;
page 13: The Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718 (detail of 39781), Ferris, Jean
Leon Gerome (1863-1930) /Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library
Back cover: a heavy cannon being lifted from the recently-found wreck of
Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge. Thousands of items, including coins,
swords, cannons, pottery, and an anchor have been found in the underwater site
off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.
Beaufort
The Southern
Outer Banks
Islands
South Carolina
Blackbeard’s black flag showed a skeleton stabbing a heart and holding an
hourglass. The hourglass showed that the victim only had a short time to
give up or Blackbeard would attack.
Charleston,
South Carolina
Blackbeard soon had four fast AT L A N T I C
OCEAN
ships and a crew of over 350 men.
Georgia
One time, his four ships sailed to
Charleston, South Carolina. They
robbed every ship sailing in or out
of Charleston. North Carolina
Bath, NC
Pirate’s Life for Me? Florida Cape
How did Blackbeard get such a big crew? Most sailors Hatteras
Beaufort
got little pay. If a pirate attacked their ship, sailors often Ocracoke
Beaufort Inlet
chose to join the pirates! Former slaves also gladly became This map shows where the Island
pirates to escape slavery. Pirates often shared treasure with wreck of Blackbeard’s ship was Wreck of the
their crews. found near Beaufort Inlet off Queen Anne’s
the coast of North Carolina. Revenge