Record #:

8978

Author(s):

Barbour, Ruth P.

Abstract:

The SNAP DRAGON was a two-topsail schooner used by privateer Otway Burns during the War of 1812. Captured in 1814, there is no American information as to what happened to the ship after its capture. British records show it was bought at auction and sailed to Jamaica in 1815. The final entry says she left Jamaica in 1816, and the trail of the schooner ends there.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 6, Nov 1980, p12-14, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--War of 1812; Privateering; SNAP DRAGON (Ship)

Record #:

9757

Author(s):

Dean, Jim

Abstract:

Otway Burns was born near Swansboro in 1775, and began his sailing career as a young man. He was North Carolina�s and the South's most famous and successful privateer of the War of 1812. Sailing aboard the SNAP DRAGON, he captured almost 40 ships with cargoes totaling millions of dollars. His ship was frequently outgunned, however, Burns' outstanding seamanship was more than a match for a superior foe. Although Otway Burns died an obscure pauper, he holds today an honored place in the state's maritime history.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 48 Issue 6, June 1984, punnumbered, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burns, Otway, 1775-1850; North Carolina--History--War of 1812; Privateering; SNAP DRAGON (Ship)

Record #:

14341

Author(s):

Salisbury, F. C.

Abstract:

Two hundred years ago, a fleet of Spanish privateers entered the Beaufort harbor and seized and held the town for several weeks. So far as is known, Beaufort is the only North Carolina town over which the Spanish flag has flown.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 9, Aug 1947, p5

Subject(s):

Beaufort--History; Privateering

Record #:

15104

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Over two hundred years ago, Duncan King, one of North Carolina's contributions to the then popular vocation of privateering, was roving the seas, sailing under the British flag and fighting for Great Britain. A native of Scotland, King chose North Carolina as his home and operated from there. Captain of a privateer, an officer under General Wolf at the Battle of Quebec, and a millionaire, King now lies buried in a forest in Columbus County.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 33, Jan 1941, p11, 22, f

Subject(s):

Privateering; King, Duncan, 1729-1793

Record #:

41168

Author(s):

Urban, Kimberly

Abstract:

A history of Blackbeard’s flagship included its beginnings in France and circumstances of its end, in what was Topsail Inlet.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Spring 2018 , p14-15

Subject(s):

QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (ship)--see also LA CONCORDE ; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Privateering; ADVENTURE (ship)--Blackbeard ; Topsail Inlet--History; Topsail Inlet--Beaufort; Ships--18th century

Record #:

41250

Author(s):

Moore, David D.

Abstract:

When it comes to Blackbeard, Moore’s examination of documents compiled over the centuries reveal the task of truth-finding’s complexity. This comes from the lure of the myth as much as the mixture of facts and falsehoods since 1716, the date of the earliest known source mentioning Captain Edward Thatch.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 95 Issue 2, April 2018 , p147-185 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Teach, Edward--see also Edward Thatch, Thach, etc. ; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Bonnett, Steed, 1688-1718; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (ship)--see also LA CONCORDE ; Topsail Inlet--see also Beaufort Inlet; Moseley, Edward, 1682-1749; North Carolina Maritime Museum (Beaufort); Piracy--writings--Captain Charles Johnson ; GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PIRATES--book--Blackbeard; Privateering; ADVENTURE (ship)--Blackbeard

Record #:

41253

Author(s):

Farrell, Erik; Kenyon, Kimberly; Watkins-Kenney, Sarah; Smith, Kay; Brown, Ruth

Abstract:

The fragment of text recovered told a shard of the story about the Golden Age of Piracy. More of this story can be found in aspects explored such as ships associated with Captain Woodes Rogers, his South Sea voyages, books on Queen Anne’s Revenge, and further historical research about Blackbeard’s flagship.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 95 Issue 2, April 2018 , p231-238 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Golden Age of Piracy, 1650-1720; Golden Age of Piracy--see also the Golden Age of Privateering and Piracy ; Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Teach, Edward--see also Edward Thatch, Thach, etc. ; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Rogers, Woodes; Privateering; Bonnet, Stede, 1688-1718; QAR Conservation Lab (Greenville)