Throughout history
Blackbeard has been a very well know pirate. For many people he is the first
person that comes to mind when talking about pirates in general.
Blackbeard’s was also
known as Edward Teach and he was described as a bloodthirsty, greedy, black bearded
pirate. Many of the other pirates were scared of the man because he had such a
fearsome appearance. He was also known to use unnecessary violence but was a
very calculated man.
La Concorde was the ship
that Blackbeard captured, in which he renamed Queen Anne’s Revenge. He equipped
the ship with about 40 cannons, many guns and lots of ammunition and of course,
a crew with about 300 men. As an archeologist, I have discovered about 30 of
those cannons but only 24 have been recovered.
The first cannon was
discovered in November of 1996 and since then more artifacts have been discovered
and we continue to study them and recover them to this day. Queen Anne’s
Revenge is located in North Carolina and we have been able to dive and see how
big the ship actually is. Being able to discover all the different artifacts
that have been there for more than 300 years has allowed us to open up the lab
for educational tours. This give the opportunity for all those students
interested in the Golden Age of Piracy to see firsthand all the different artifacts
that pirates traveled on board with.
The Queen Anne’s
Revenge project has helped me put a realistic view on pirates and the things
they used as weapons and how dangerous it must have been traveling with them
and being attacked by them. Blackbeard was a calculated man and you can tell he
was ready to attack any vessel that got in his way.
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