Anchor from Blackbeard ship recovered
I don't know why, but I just never associated "pirate" with "coast of North Carolina". Recently, piracy seems limited to the African and Asian coasts, and certainly the Disney influence makes one associate "pirate" with "Caribbean"... Be forewarned, though - if you go on a Wikiwander about Blackbeard it may force you to lose several hours of your day...(CNN) -- Dead men tell no tales, but the sea does, as shown Friday when an anchor was recovered from the wreckage of pirate Blackbeard's flagship.
An expedition off the North Carolina coast hoisted the nearly 3,000-pound anchor, one of three belonging to the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Be careful your timbers don't shiver, though...
That is all.
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Stranger yet, the guy that played "Steve the Pirate" was from Texas!
Boggles the mind, I tell you!
You have pirates in your backyard, dude.
They've been diving and excavating the site of the Queen Annes Revenge's sinking for more than 15 years. The site is off limits to sport divers.
The shoals around that inlet are legendary & many a vessel has gone aground there.
Being from NJ, and having spent much time living and playing on Raritan Bay (as well as Barnegat Bay and Cape May) every kid knew that while pirates sailed the 7 seas, they visited, lived, and buried much treasure in NJ. Here's an interesting little article
loaded with landmarks. I've lived in Cliffwood Beach, right on the bay, and just a few blocks from places in there like Treasure Lake and Whale Creek. We used to waterski on Morgans Creek. Never found any treasure, but everyone knew someone who had a friend that found gold coins, heh. On a totally unrelated point (except for location) this is the same area that was the basis for the book/movie "Jaws". Suposedly Peter Benchley got the idea from the 1916 shark attacks that happened in that area. As a matter of fact, I used to dock my boat at a friend's house on Matawan Creek, where many of the shark attacks happened. you can probably waste the day wikiwandering jersey pirates and 1916 shark attacks.
Jean Lafitte plied the Gulf of Mexico.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte
So what's the difference between Pirates and Street Gangs and Mexican Drug Lords? Nothing, except that the SEALS have to take into account the Waves and the Wind when they take out the Sea Trash.
How about that. I was in Beaufort, NC last week and visited the North Carolina Maritime Museum where the artifacts are going on display. Dang, guess I was a few weeks too early.
I enjoy the irony in that the Caribbean pirates were the only vessels to ever almost exclusively rely on democratic principles for vessel management- the captain could be unelected (By vote, rather than at the pointy end of a knife) should he prove unpopular.
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