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Both men drew their cutlasses and a melee ensued, with Blackbeard managing to break Maynard's weapon. When Blackbeard was about to deliver a killing blow, another sailor, a Highlander, jumped on his back and inflicted a deep wound. Blackbeard's cutlass landed on Maynard's knuckles. Maynard and his crew were then able to kill Blackbeard. [2] [3]
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]
Blackbeard makes an appearance in Neal Stephenson's The System of the World. A younger Blackbeard appears in Wayne Thomas Batson's Isle of Fire as the new quartermaster of notorious pirate captain Bartholomew Thorne. Blackbeard is a member of the jury in the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.
In this chapter Van Augur, Third Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, tells Elder Saturn what the end goal is: “The world.” The first time in One Piece such a threat has felt credible ...
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Stede Bonnet was born in 1688, [2] and he was christened at Christ Church parish on 29 July 1688. [3] His parents, Edward and Sarah Bonnet, owned an estate of over 400 acres (160 ha) southeast of Bridgetown, Barbados, [4] which was bequeathed to Bonnet upon his father's death in 1694.
That was years ago, back in season 1, so the fact that they're doing a Blackbeard-related plot now is ballsy. Edward Teach, the infamous pirate known as Blackbeard , was born in England in 1680 ...
Israel Hands, also known as Basilica Hands [1], was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach (c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard. His name serves as the basis for the name of the villainous sidekick in Robert Louis Stevenson 's 1883 novel Treasure Island .