& the Queen Anne’s Revenge EDWARD TEACH, also known as BLACKBEARD, was one of the most feared pirates to sail the seven seas. He even looked scary! Teach was tall, with a bushy, black beard. People say he placed burning ropes under his hat and let the wisps of smoke curl around his face to terrify his ene- mies. From 1716 to 1718 Blackbeard attacked ships along the Atlantic coast. He often hid out among ’s barrier islands, where his ships could easily outrun the heavier vessels that pursued them. In 1718 Blackbeard’s lagship, QUEEN ANNE’S RE- VENGE, ran aground at Beaufort Inlet. His sloop, ADVEN- your ow te ! TURE, was also lost while trying to save the lagship. esign n pira is page D lag symbols on the other side of th In November 1718 two British naval sloops, commanded by Lieu- e the f tenant , fought a ierce battle with Blackbeard. Us Blackbeard was killed, and the victors sailed away with Black- beard’s head swinging from their ship’s bowsprit (deinition). In 1996 underwater archaeologists found a shipwreck believed to To learn more: be QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE in beaufort Inlet. It is the oldest Fiction Websites shipwreck found in North Carolina waters, and it offers informa- Blackbeard King by J. Patrick Lewis Blackbeard: Pirate Terror at Sea tion about shipboard life in the 1700s. How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pi- rates/bbeard.html Although BLACKBEARD’s Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge career was brief, his legend 1718 lives on. To learn more about http://www.qaronline.org/Home.aspx this infamous pirate and the DaringNonfiction Pirate Women by Anne Wallace Sharp British National Maritime Museum QUEEN ANNE’S RE- Pirates by Lisa Yount http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and- VENGE, see the book and ships/facts/ships-and-seafarers/pirates website list opposite. e World of the Pirate by Val Garwood SoShiver you want to Mebe a pirate? Timbers, e irst task It’sis to create the lag Jolly that Roger!scare the life out of those seagoing chaps. are unique for each pirate, and all the items tages mFeanl?a mean different things. Check out some symbols, and then you will be able to iherseal gs Pat t create your own pirate lag. FeaCransyooumtelel wh

The Language of Flags

Emmanuel Wynn’s “” flag Your time is A slow, painful death We are ready running out. awaits you. to kill you.

Blackbeard’s flag

A violent death Torment. Death. awaits you.

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A black lag meant death, and a red lag battle. A yellow lag warned of sickness onboard ’s flag Joli rouge means “pretty red” in French. Earlier pirates used this name to jokingly describe the blood red lag. It is also thought to be the origins for the Jolly Roger lag (the skull and crossed bones; it was the most popular pirate symbol of the 1700s) 5 East Edenton Street Pirates often carried lags of several different countries in order to get closer to their vic- 919-807-7900 tims. is practice is known as lying “false colors.” ncmuseumofhistory.org