Pirate Edward Dickie had a relatively normal childhood.
His criminal lifestyle on the ship, Revenge of Queen Anne, brought him fame in his later years. Edward was born in a well-educated aristocratic family and has the ability to read and write, which he hardly had in his life.
Edward is a young man with the same education. He spent most of his childhood immersed in stories about private plunder and exploration of the new world.
Before Edward became a pirate, he was a privateer in the Queen Anne War (1702 to 17 13).
This war is one of several wars in which Britain and France controlled the North American continent.
During the war, the two sides brutally attacked each other for land and trophies, and Edward was probably addicted to robbing property and accumulating personal wealth in this war.
1736, oliver payne (public domain), after the war, the "Captain Blackbeard" engraved on the copper sheet was color printed, and Edward returned to civilian life, which was neither easy nor risky.
For a boy who spent most of his youth fantasizing about pirate life, he wanted to get more from this private plunder experience.
17 16 years, he met a man named Captain Benjamin Honeygold and got his wish.
Edward became Honeygold's deputy, learned the skills of pirates from him, and took the name of Captain Blackbeard.
Because he was born in a noble family and Blackbeard was very educated, it didn't take long for him to absorb all the knowledge of Honey Sect and adapt to the life of pirates.
Blackbeard captured his first ship, Betty, in September of 17 17. Nearly a month later, he captured Robert and Goodwill.
At the end of the same year, Blackbeard aimed at a French slave ship named Concorde.
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Black Beard is not interested in human cargo on board, however, he is more interested in the ship itself, because slave ship is faster and more reliable than most ships on the high seas.
This is because the goods it carries are more perishable, so it needs to be transported from one continent to another as soon as possible.
In addition, these ships are usually well-equipped, because human goods are very precious and need to be well protected before they can be delivered intact and profitable.
Blackbeard believes that a powerful ship like Concorde will give him the ferocity he needs to rule the ocean world.
In fact, it did make him a force to be reckoned with, but in order to make the ship more fierce, he deceived it with more cannons and created more deck space, and named it "the reverence of Queen Anne" and "the black beard in smoke and fire" Frank E.
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Blackbeard's boat is his precious property.
He used Queen Anne's Revenge to plunder other ships throughout the Caribbean.
On one of his voyages, he met Captain Steed Bonner, who will be his partner in crime. The two pirates and the crew of nearly 300 other pirates engaged in terrorist activities along the Atlantic coast. They took food, materials, weapons and anything of value that they could steal.
One of the attacks involved the seizure of the passenger ship Crowley, and Blackbeard demanded ransom for medical supplies in exchange for passengers.
Once he accomplished this feat, he continued to sail the Atlantic Ocean, looking for more opportunities to seize goods.
The illustration of Queen Anne's revenge was published in 1736.
(Public sphere), Queen Anne's revenge and all its glory are short-lived.
After being detained for several months, the ship ran aground in what is now called beaufort Bay.
People believe that this is not an accident.
David heriott, a witness and former captain of another exploration ship that also ran aground, thinks that Blackbeard may have run aground on purpose to do his infamous thing. Shortly after the ship ran aground, Blackbeard was killed by Royal Navy Captain Robert Maynard. He shot Blackbeard five times and stabbed him nearly 20 times.
He returned to Virginia and gave the captured pirates and blackbeard's heads to Governor Alexander Spazwood. Capturing Pirates, Blackbeard, 17 18, describes the battle between Blackbeard and Captain Maynard in Olakirk Bay.
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A search party found a pile of cannons and anchors on a sandbar in Beaufort Bay.
This area is considered to be the place where "Black Beard" edward teach stayed in Queen Anne for revenge in 17 18.
After grounding her, the crew began to supply her. It is speculated that some bounty was transferred to smaller ships, indicating the failure of Queen Anne's revenge.
Since the initial discovery, tens of thousands of cultural relics have been recovered from underwater sites, although this figure may be exaggerated by the large number of shooting incidents found.
Some of these discoveries come from18th century, including a gun barrel, a bronze clock of 1705, a radiosonde, a British gun barrel and two large anchors.
All this makes it possible to determine the age of the sunken ship, although no absolute evidence has been found, because Queen Anne's Revenge is the only large warship known to have disappeared in this area. It is widely believed that this sunken ship is a famous pirate ship, and other items found on the sunken ship are consistent with the history of Queen Anne's revenge.
A considerable amount of medical equipment was found, which was related to the blockade of Charlestown, South Carolina by Blackbeard and other pirates.
During the blockade, they detained passengers, including several famous citizens, and exchanged ransom for medical supplies.
This was shortly before Beaufort Bay ran aground.
Therefore, the cultural relics found here are consistent with history, and reinforce the statement that this is the land of Queen Anne's revenge.
Other cultural relics found include a gilded hilt, which may be attributed to a black beard sword, and a leather horn that a notorious pirate can hold at the same time.
Speculation about such items is common, that is, the revenge of stranded Queen Anne. Painting. Recently, a legal case appeared around the video and photo files of Queen Anne's revenge and salvage project shot by filmmaker Frederick Allen and his company Nautilus Productions.
According to Reuters, "Allen and Nautilus sued North Carolina in federal court after state officials used some documentary materials on YouTube and state agencies' websites.
The state also passed a law to turn these materials into public records.
"The case will be heard in 10. Although Blackbeard's ship and his pirate career were short-lived, the story of his life and the afterlife kept spreading.
Legend has it that the ghost of Blackbeard still haunts the coast of North Carolina on Oakcock Island near the teaching cave.
Some people believe that the ghost of Blackbeard swims in the sea by the sea looking for its head, while others believe that they can hear Blackbeard's voice in the storm.
Perhaps, just as Blackbeard banished his crew as a punishment for their betrayal and abandonment, his ghost was trapped on the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, lying on the chest of his dead man, which was the revenge remains of Queen Anne.
Above: A pirate ship on the high seas at sunset.
The representative image of Queen Anne's revenge.