Chapter 4 Well-Known Pirates
Chapter 4 Well-Known Pirates Chapter 4 Well-Known Pirates Many pirates became well known. And many stories of these pirates have been passed down over the years. Let's look at some of the better-known pirates and the lives they led. Blackbeard, whose real name was Edward Teach, was a notorious pirate born in England. He first served as a crew member on a pirate ship captained by a pirate named Benjamin Hornigold. They attacked ships and port towns in the Caribbean. During that time, Blackbeard
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Chapter 4 Well-Known Pirates
Chapter 4 Well-Known Pirates
Many pirates became well known.And many stories of these pirates have been passed down over the years.Let's look at some of the better-known pirates and the lives they led.
Blackbeard, whose real name was Edward Teach, was a notorious pirate born in England.He first served as a crew member on a pirate ship captained by a pirate named Benjamin Hornigold.They attacked ships and port towns in the Caribbean.During that time, Blackbeard gained a reputation as a fierce fighter.Eventually Blackbeard went on to captain his own ship.
Blackbeard became one of the most feared pirate captains sailing the Caribbean.Rather than wait for his victims to take off their rings and give them to him, Blackbeard would cut off their fingers.He would place burning, smoking cord in his beard.Black smoke would rise around his face, causing people to think he was mad or crazy. That made him even scarier.
In 1718, Blackbeard and his crew sailed up the Atlantic coast of America and into North Carolina.At that time, North Carolina was part of the British colony.Blackbeard sailed up coastal rivers and raided wealthy plantations.
People were scared and angry. They wanted to get rid of Blackbeard and his pirates.They asked the British Navy for help.A British Navy captain and his crew fought a fierce battle with Blackbeard and his crew.Blackbeard lost his life in that battle.According to legend, it took twenty cutlass wounds and five shots to kill him.
