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Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Raid

Last Stocked on 4/4/2020

Product Info

Title
Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Angus Konstam
Publish Year
2013
Pages
80
Dimensions
7x10x.33"
NKG Part #
2147526655
MFG. Part #
OSPRAID037
Type
Softcover
Series
RAID37

Description

In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers – licensed pirates – preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of them was Edward Teach – more popularly known as “Blackbeard”. He joined the pirates in New Providence (now Nassau) in the Bahamas, and by early 1717 he had become a pirate captain. From then on he caused havoc off the North American seaboard, in the West Indies and off Honduras, before appearing off of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1718. He blockaded this major port for a week, an act that made Blackbeard the most notorious pirate of his day.