Blackbeard's Sword, Found! Archaeologists Discover Pirate Treasure Off North Carolina Coast


History | 207490 hits | Jan 16 6:42 am | Posted by: Scape
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National Geographic published photos released by a team that has for over a decade been excavating the Queen Anne's Revenge, which was Blackbeard's flagship until it ran aground in an inlet off the coast of North Carolina in 1718. These include fragments

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  1. by Canadian_Mind
    Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:03 pm
    The new Pirates fo the Carribean looks dumb. Why wreck a good series?

  2. by avatar QBall
    Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:19 pm
    This is so cool (not the Johnny Depp part of the story). If it's his actual sword (or part of it) it's an important if not infamous piece of history.

  3. by avatar Public_Domain
    Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:31 pm
    :|

  4. by avatar JBG
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:20 am
    There was a great "Blackbeard" section at the National Park Service facility at Jamestown, Virginia, where your Queen visited in 2007, the 400th anniversary of colonization.



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