the wreck of Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard , reserves still surprises after two dozen guns, ammunition and thousands of artifacts, here check the hilt of a sword probably belonged to a high-ranking ( and possibly stolen during a raid of Blackbeard's crew). The Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach (probably born in Bristol around 1680, and died November 22, 1718) is considered a legendary pirate. Around him were born the stories of unspeakable cruelty and ghosts that inhabit the seas after his death on the battlefield by a group of soldiers and sailors set up to hunt down and kill the Queen Anne's Revenge pirata.La a vessel over 300 tons, was built in England in 1710, and launched under the name Concord. Captured the following year by the French, was adapted for the transport of slaves and renamed La Concorde de Nantes ". It was later re-captured by the pirate Benjamin Hornigold in 1717 near the island of Martinique, and entrusted to a member of his crew, which eventually would become the famous pirate Barbanera.Sotto the guidance of Teach, the Queen Anne's Revenge was wandering among the coast of Africa to the Caribbean ones, attacking any ship British, Dutch and Portuguese to take possession of sugar, cocoa , indigo, cotton and precious . The ship was left to dry, after the siege of the port of Charleston, near Beaufort, and remained intact (even if partially submerged) for about a year before the collapse and destroy itself. "In any case," says David Moore of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, "the pirates would have had the opportunity to take everything they considered of value." The hilt of the sword , therefore, may have been deemed unnecessary, or could have been inaccessible because of the gradual sinking of the ship.
The fragments of the weapon (put back in the picture above) were found within 2 years from 2008 to 2010.La sword was probably decorative, although it could have been used in combat. Are visible on the pommel of the hilt of the flowers (iris) are typical emblems of Francia.Fino to now, only about half of the site of Queen Anne's Revenge (31 wreck known as CR 314) was excavated. They were found a dozen artillery pieces (loads), 24 cannon balls , weapons, and more than 16,000 artifacts including navigational instruments, medical equipment, personal items, cookware, anchor and 3.7 meters long wide 3.Ma who was Blackbeard? Certainly a person other than the one we saw in the movies. It was probably a tall and stout, with a long black beard, who wore two swords at the waist and a bandolier equipped with different weapons and coltelli.Il her only sighting was enough to give up most of its victims, almost all the assaults of Blackbeard ended without cadavere.Barbanera, also was not the typical tyrannical captain: he drove his fleet with the consent of the crew, having understood the importance of a happy crew and hardly inclined to mutiny (which is not uncommon on the pirate ship). He was very shrewd and a pirate Blackbeard calcolatore.La career lasted only a few years, but they were more than enough to make it an unforgettable figure in the history of piracy . Around 1718, its fleet consisted of four vessels and over 300 pirates. It is not known how many ships had attacked, but the number probably is around 50 unità .Oltre all'assakto ships at sea, we must remember also'assedio of Charleston in 1718, Blackbeard blockaded the fleet of the port city , stopping every ship intending to enter or leave the port. During nearly a week, nine ships were stopped and robbed by pirates Blackbeard.
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