Pirate Black Beard is known by many, but not everyone knows of his true name Edward Thatch. Well known for his smoking beard and ways of savagery on the high seas, he was also known for his victorious corsair. His most famous ship and the victories he experienced because of this ship was named Queen Anne's Revenge.
The ship was acquired by Blackbeard in 1717.
And right he was. The year he a claimed this ship as his own, Blackbeard won several battles and many riches.
preserved. Sometime in 1718 the infamous ship ended up and the bottom of the Beaufort Inlet off the coast of North Carolina. Miraculously, the remains were discovered hundreds of years later and were added to the U.S National Register of Historic Places.
Dozens of artifacts were extracted from the ship wreck and were preserved and studied by the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources. Some items recovered from the shipwreck were gold, two 2000 pound cannons, a 12 foot-long anchor and 22
guns. The archaeological team at NCDCR assured that the conservation of these items remained intact. Queen Anne's Revenge remains as a part of the National Registry of Historic Places and is owned by the state of North Carolina.
https://www.qaronline.org/conservation
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/8/110829-blackbeard-shipwreck-pirates-archaeology-science/
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