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  2. List of museums in Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...

  3. Queen Anne's Revenge - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Captain Grinnaway - Wikipedia

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    Bostock reported that Pinkentham's 8-gun sloop had been in the area of St. Thomas, where Blackbeard hoped to intercept him. [1] Grinnaway's sloop had been in the area using black slaves to dive the same Spanish wrecks. Together they searched the wrecks again, then sailed to Bimini to dive additional wrecks with no success. Frustrated, Grinnaway ...

  5. 1717 in piracy - Wikipedia

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    September 29 – "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet, who has traded plantation life for a pirate ship, transfers command of his sloop, the Revenge, to Blackbeard. November 28 – Blackbeard captures the French slave ship La Concorde near Martinique , equips her with 40 guns, and renames her the Queen Anne's Revenge .

  6. Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center nominated as 'Best ... - AOL

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    The Pittsburgh museum, affiliated with The Smithsonian, currently ranks No. 1 on the leaderboard. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

  7. Robert Maynard - Wikipedia

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    Robert Maynard (19 September 1684 – 4 January 1751) was a British Royal Navy officer. Little is known about Maynard's early life, other than that he was born in England in 1684 and then later joined the English Navy.

  8. Norton Museum of Art to move to six-day schedule, closed on ...

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    The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is making its annual move to a six-day schedule, with a slight change for this year. Where previously the museum would close on Wednesdays during the ...

  9. 1718 in piracy - Wikipedia

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    March 28 – One of Blackbeard's lieutenants, captain Richard and his sloop Revenge, attack the 400-ton Protestant Caesar in the Bay of Honduras. March–April – Charles Vane and 12 pirates capture a Jamaica sloop in the Bahamas, retaining her for his own use. April – Vane captures the sloop Lark in the Bahamas and transfers his crew to her ...