Caroline Efird
January 23, 2007
Blackbeard Information and Comparison Map
Not So Jolly Roger’s Blackbeard:
12-twice as big as other pirates, nasty looking, bad singer, black hair, bristly black eyebrows and mustache
13-beard with four pig tails and ribbons, beard was smoking, had four pistols and a cutlass, crazy and mean
21-scary laugh, smoking hair, red eyes, 3 cornered hat
26-ship was called Queen Ann’s Revenge
27-crew of at least one hundred
32-spoke of “Brethren of the Coast” Rules
54-300 hundred man crew, June 1718 got royal pardon from NC governor and stopped pirating
55-Edward Teach, started pirating again, died fighting Lieutenant Maynard in the Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
National Geographic’s Blackbeard:
-robbed 40 ships in a two year period
-burning cannon fuses tucked under his hat
-6 pistols
-2 cutlasses
-Jolly Roger, name of flag (possibly after nickname for the devil “Old Roger”)
-Blackbeard’s flag has a devil like skeleton holding an hourglass, spear, and bleeding heart
-Buccaneers got their name from boucans, or smokehouses, used by the Arawak Indians
-Buccaneers invented the cutlass, a short sword used to cut meat to cure in the smokehouses
-most female pirates were forced to act like men
-Avilda, Swedish women took a crew full of female pirates to sea so that she would not be forced to marry a Danish prince
-pirates sought, treasure, medicine, and everyday necessities
-Blackbeard once held port of Charlestown hostage while in search of medicine for his crew
-Israel Hands was Blackbeard’s first mate
Blackbeard Lives:
-Edward Teach, Edward Tache, Edward Thatch, etc.
-born in Jamaica
-37 years old (at death?)
-6 feet 5 inches tall, 220 pounds
-married 14 times, but never divorced
-liked to drink British Virgin rum
-pirate’s Code of Conduct, which was a democracy (things such as receiving money if one suffers a loss of limb, will be put to death if he “meddles” with a woman without her consent)
The Pirate’s Hold:
-Queen Ann’s Revengewas equipped with 40 cannons
-300 man crew
-very charismatic, excellent leader
-in 1718, given a pardon by Governor Charles Eden after he swore an oath to give up piracy in
-obtained ships called the Revenge and Adventure
Pirate’s Info:
-Maynard and Hyde were two men hired by Virginia governor to find Blackbeard
-Maynard sailed home with Blackbeard’s head on a pole
Teach’s Hole:
-born in 1680 in Bristol, England
-he could read and write (a sign of family wealth)
-by 1718 had almost 700 men under his control
-when Queen Ann’s Revenge was sunk he used the Adventure
-married Mary Ormond, in Bath, NC, shortly before his pardon
North Carolina Maritime Museum’s Blackbeard:
-Golden Age of Piracy was 1689-1718
-wore crimson coat with two swords at his waist
-weaved wicks laced with gunpowder in his hair and set them on fire during battle
-received 5 musketball wounds, and 20 lacerations before dying