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BLACKBEARD - Recovering "Queen Anne's Revenge"

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« on: December 08, 2008, 12:25:34 pm »










Nothing is known about Blackbeard's early life.

While his real name is usually given as "Edward Teach," most primary source documents actually record it as "Edward Thatch" (or spelling variations thereof), including letters written by those who knew the pirate.

Some sources claim "Edward Drummond".

Most think Blackbeard was born in Bristol, but other documentation suggests that he was from either London, Jamaica, Philadelphia, or Accomack County, Virginia.

Edward went to sea at an early age. He served on a British ship in the War of the Spanish Succession which also included Queen Anne's War, privateering in the Spanish West Indies and along the Spanish Main.

After Britain withdrew from the war in 1713, Teach, like many other privateers, turned to piracy. He got his first taste of piracy from the pirate Benjamin Hornigold, who was based out of Jamaica.

When Hornigold decided to retire from piracy after King George I offered the two pardons, Blackbeard refused the pardon.

Blackbeard took over one of Hornigold's recently captured ships, French slave-ship named Le Concorde. He renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge; the 300-ton vessel was built by Britain in 1710. It was re-captured by the French a year later, upgraded with the latest technology and increased storage space, and renamed for a third time, again as "Le Concorde". Some think that the name was a tribute to the war where he got his first taste of piracy, Queen Anne's War. Queen Anne's Revenge was armed with 40 guns and used to conduct Blackbeard's most significant campaigns from 1717 through 1718.
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