His best known vessel was his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, a fearsome frigate festooned with the bones of his victims and spits Greek fire from its bow to incinerate enemy ships or the occasional crew member fallen out of favor. He became a renowned pirate, his cognomen derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance. Originally an Englishman who began his career as one of the many privateers dispensed by King George to raid enemy ships during war, it wasn't until he struck out as a free agent that his true legend was born. Blackbeard's many exploits became the stuff of various myths and legends of pirate lore, including the legend of being beheaded by Royal Marines during the battle of Ocracoke Inlet in 1718. The blackest soul and the darkest heart of any pirate who ever lived, striking fear into the bravest of sailors, Blackbeard was a name uttered in terror by all who sail the sea, or any unfortunate enough to encounter him on dry land. " If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am." ―Blackbeard to Angelica Įdward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious pirate who operated in the West Indies throughout the 18th century, specifically during the 1750s.
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