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BLACKBEARD

Outline

1 . The Golden Age of Piracy - 17th and 18th centuries

Jean Lafitte , Ann Bonny , Black Sam Bellamy , Stede Bonnet , and Bartholomew Roberts were notorious pirates

Blackbeard is considered the most ruthless and merciless pirate of all times

Blackbeard 's reputation was due to his ugly appearance 2 . The Pirate 's Legend

Edward Teach the Blackbeard got his nickname because of long and thick dark beard

Blackbeard fighting looked like a Devil

Edward Teach is only considered to be Blackbeard 's real name

Pirates tried to seize all

valuable things from food to weapons and drinks

3 . Death of the Legend

When Blackbeard retired he didn 't know that he was fated to notorious death

Blackbeard often operated in coastal waters and , therefore , ships could hardly engage him in mortal battle

Blackbeard and his pirates were found anchored in North Caroline near the Ocracoke Island

Maynard 's sloops were able to move freely , and Maynard began to approach Blackbeard

Blackbeard died of serious blood loss

Lieutenant Maynard cut off his head which was hung from the boat

Blackbeard : The Pirate 's Legend

Introduction

It is a well-known fact that piracy is rather romanticized nowadays , but according historical noted pirates always terrorized the world 's seas killing innocent people and robbing wealthy merchants . Actually , pirates were the only men people were afraid of so much . People terrorizing the seas were called pirates , privateers and buccaneers . The notorious pirates were Jean Lafitte , Ann Bonny , Black Sam Bellamy , Stede Bonnet and Bartholomew Roberts . These names are claimed to be some of the most feared names in the history of piracy . These names belonged to pirates who terrorized the world 's seas during the 16-17th century during the Golden Age of Piracy (Cordingly 1997

Nevertheless , the most notorious pirate of those times was Blackbeard who was said to terrorize the Caribbean seas during the mentioned era The Golden Age of Piracy was a period when people felt unsafe at the sea and Blackbeard was the main reason for that fear . Historians mention that Blackbeard is considered the most ruthless and merciless pirate of all times . His reputation was partly due to his ugly appearance , partly of his pitiless treatment of women , hostages , crew and partly to his brutal death (Pendrand 1975

The Pirate 's Legend

Blackbeard is better known as Edward Teach . He was a cruel English pirate who terrorized Caribbean seas and the western Atlantic during the end of 17th and early 18th centuries . Blackbeard 's best know vessel is the Queen Anne 's Revenge and it was observed near the Beaufort Inlet in North Carolina . However , there is an interesting question appears : why Blackbeard ? According the legend , Edward got his nickname because of long and thick dark beard . Moreover , his appearance was able to frighten even the most courageous warriors . In those times men didn 't wear bears and , therefore , Edward 's beard frightened them as it was grizzly and dark . Blackbeard 's hair was also long and is claimed to be...

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