#edward thache

[antique-ro-man]

I think objectively the funniest thing OFMD season two could do is introduce Mary Ormond

[thepinkseat-askthemoonbunny]

Dear fellow pirate lovers:

This whole Roberts vs Blackbeard debate is getting tiresome. We get it, Bart Roberts was a trillion times more successful. But Blackbeard is more famous and he didn’t even have to put in that much work, that’ll never change. I mean just let people like the historical figures that they like regardless of how famous or overrated they are. I mean, I think both of ‘em are pretty cool.

PLUS: Ching Shih blows both of them clean out of the water anyway, COMBINED and NOBODY talks about her, isn’t that a bit of a crime right there?

[originalleftist]

Historical Trivia for this week- on May 22nd, 1718, the pirate Blackbeard (actual name likely Edward Thache*) commanding his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge and three smaller boats, blockaded Charleston North Carolina. The blockade lasted approximately a week, with Blackbeard taking several vessels and keeping the port blockaded until he ransomed it in exchange for a chest of medicine.

Blackbeard ran his ship aground a couple weeks later and sought a pardon, but quickly returned to piracy. He was killed in combat with Royal Navy sailors in the fall of 1718.

Image from: https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2011/06/09/blackbeard-fiercest-pirate-them-all

*See "Blackbeard Reconsidered", by Baylus Brooks.

[ftthum]

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