Blackbeard the Pirate: Historical Background and the Beaufort Inlet Shipwrecks

Record #:

3702

Author(s):

Moore, David

Abstract:

Blackbeard the pirate was the terror of the coast during the early 18th-century. He was killed near Ocracoke in 1718. A shipwreck found off Beaufort Inlet on November 21, 1996, is thought to be his flagship QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE.

Source:

Tributaries (NoCar Ref VK 24 N8 T74), Vol. Issue 7, Oct 1997, p30-39, il, f

Subject(s):

Blackbeard, d. 1718; Pirates; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship)