Monday, February 27, 2017
The great big blackbeard
When you speak of a pirate you can only think of one man and no not Jack sparrow. The man's name is Blackbeard, who was the most notorious pirate during the golden age of piracy. Not much information is known about the man himself, not even his true name was ever revealed. Some people have called him Edward Thatch or Teach, he went from being a privateer on the Queen Anne's War and turned to piracy after that. after capturing many ships he had found one to his liking, naming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. In truth many sailors who went out into sea would kill to join Blackbeard's crew, even so Blackbeard has one massive army under his control. From time to time he would maroon his own crewmates so they he could lighten the load of his ships in order to take more of the loot himself. Being on the Queen Anne's Revenge was a risk but also something a sailor would experience once. If I were able to be apart of his crew I would enjoy being his right hand man. That way I can be at the top with Blackbeard and be able to run the ship with him. Blackbeard's reign of terror soon came to and end when they encountered an armed contingent sent by Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood and led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. It was a desperate battle for Blackbeard because they were fighting aboard Maynard's sloop. In the end Blackbeard and a number of his fellow pirates which was about 300 during this point were killed.
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