Early November 1718 proved a busy time in the life of Stede Bonnet.
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In March 1718, the HMS Phoenix arrived in New Providence carrying the King’s Pardon, and among the first to sign was none other than Blackbeard’s former commander Benjamin Hornigold.
La Concorde, later Queen Anne’s Revenge was what is known as a square-rigged vessel, meaning the primary sails used to propel the vessel were set perpendicular to the keel of the vessel.
In late September 1717, Stede Bonnet met Blackbeard. Benjamin Hornigold and his associates, including his protégé Blackbeard, spent the spring and summer of 1717 plundering ships throughout the Caribbean, headquartered at the pirate haven of New Providence.
The most prominent symbol for piracy in popular culture is a black flag decorated with the infamous skull and crossbones. This flag has been used within the mythos of pirates, both real and fictional, for over 300 years.
The site of Queen Anne’s Revenge is covered in concreted cask hoops, such as the
As the Age of Exploration brought more European powers to the New World, things started to get heated. By the mid-1600s, Spain had been in control of a large part of South and Central America, the Caribbean, and the southern parts of North America for over 150 years.