Enjoy these photos from some of my favorite Blackbeard links.
I have included subtitles with the pictures. Be sure to notice the smoking beard ! ! !

Pen and ink portrait of the number of crew.

BLACKBEARD

Blackbeard, as a scare tactic, tangled and burned soaked wood in the tips of his beard. Eccentric or ornamental?

Portrait of Blackbeard at home in Bath.

QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE flag signaling that a ship must surrender or suffer consequenses.

Blackbeard claims victory ashore.

"Hammock House" the pirate's Beaufort retreat.

Governor Spotswood's bragging rights. He sailed his ship in harbour to proclaim Blackbeard's death.

Blackbeard outsizing the competition.

A close idea of what the Queen Anne's Revenge was like.

Another idea.

A third idea.

The water tower overlooking Beaufort and Taylor's Creek, a home of Blackbeard.

The lighthouse on Ocracoke Island signaling over the waters where Spotswood and the pirate dueled til' death.

A side view of Blackbeard's house in Beaufort.

Coastal map of North Carolina.

Sketch of what was at the shipwreck before excavation some of which is on display at Maritime Museum in Beaufort.

A bell from the QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE.