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Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) [a] was an English pirate who was known as the Gentleman Pirate [1] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados , and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694.
Our Flag Means Death is an American period romantic comedy [1] [2] television series created by David Jenkins.Set in the early 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy, the series follows the misadventures of gentleman-turned-pirate Stede Bonnet and his crew aboard the Revenge as they try to make a name for themselves as pirates and cross paths with famed pirate captain Blackbeard (Taika ...
The name of Blackbeard has been attached to many local attractions, such as Charleston's Blackbeard's Cove. [130] His name and persona have also featured heavily in literature. He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard: A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia. [131]
For once, Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard aren’t the most dysfunctional pirate couple on the deck of Max’s comedy series “Our Flag Means Death.” In Season 2’s fourth episode, titled “Fun ...
Our Flag Means Death has released the trailer for its second season, teasing a breakup for Stede Bonnet and Ed Teach/Blackbeard. Our Flag Means Death teases Stede and Ed breakup fallout in season ...
Our Flag Means Death‘s whirlwind eight-episode second season came to a close on Thursday, with one wedding… and a funeral. When last we tuned into Max’s pirate comedy, things were quite ...
October – Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet raid shipping in the mouth of Delaware Bay. October 12 – Blackbeard captures a Captain Codd and his vessel off the Delaware capes. He later captures and loots the Spofford and Sea Nymph. October 22 – Blackbeard, on the Revenge, stops and plunders the Robert and Good Intent of their cargo.
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde.