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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]
Blackbeard the Pirate is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, and Torin Thatcher. The film was made by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by Edmund Grainger from a screenplay by Alan Le May based on the story by DeVallon Scott.
Little is known about Blackbeard's early life. It is commonly believed that at the time of his death he was between 35 and 40 years old and thus born around 1680. [1] [2] In contemporary records his name is most often given as Blackbeard, Edward Thatch or Edward Teach. The latter is most often used because it is the form used in the dispatches ...
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 ...
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.
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates is a 2018 book by Eric Jay Dolin focusing on the Golden Age of Piracy in the Americas. Figures recounted in the book include Blackbeard , William Kidd , Edward Low , John Winthrop , Cotton Mather , Benjamin Franklin , and others.
In the first quarter of the 18th century, Blackbeard, otherwise known as Edward Teach, was seen as the most notorious and dangerous seafaring pirate of all.Plying his trade around the West Indies and the eastern coast of England’s North American colonies in his ship Queen Anne's Revenge. [3]
Crossbones is an American action-adventure drama television series that aired on the NBC network from May 30 to August 2, 2014. The series is a fictionalization of the life of the pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, [1] who is still alive in 1729 (historically, he died in 1718).