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Blackbeard had now left the scene of the disaster at Beaufort Inlet, along with the wreckage of his once proud flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge. Toward the end of June, he and a select crew headed for the town of Bath aboard the remaining Spanish sloop, now armed with eight guns and renamed Adventure. He had left the majority of his crew marooned, and had stripped Bonnet’s ship Revenge of its sails, preventing a hasty pursuit once Bonnet himself returned from Bath to see the betrayal which had transpired.
What do all of these things have in common?...Shoes. Shoe buckles have been around for centuries, their use and predominance changing with the fashion of the time.
Metal objects from the Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck site vary greatly in their make-up, condition and functional use.
On or around June 10, 1718, Blackbeard lost his Queen Anne’s Revenge at Topsail Inlet, present-day Beaufort, NC.
Medicine in the 18th century was quite different than in modern times.
On or about May 22, 1718, Blackbeard showed the world that he meant business, disrupting trade for a major colonial port and striking fear into the leadership of the colonies.
With 30 cannon, hundreds of cannonballs, and hundreds of thousands of pieces of lead shot so far recovered from Queen Anne’s Revenge it goes without saying that Blackbeard’s ship was well armed.
The most common material conservators encounter from the site of Queen Anne’s Revenge is lead.
What might dividers, trigger guards, nesting weights, an apothecary mortar, buttons, a powder scoop, and the inner workings of a pocket watch have in common?
On April 12, 1718, Blackbeard made a dramatic show of his ferocity and tenacity as he climbed the ranks of legendary pirates.