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What Is the History of the Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's Ship?
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November 17, 1717, Blackbeard captured La Concorde, a French slaving vessel. He realized that it would make a perfect pirate ship. Queen Anne's Revenge: the name referred to Anne, Queen of England and Scotland (1665-1714). 40 cannons on board several months in 1717-18, Blackbeard used the Queen Anne
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- November 17, 1717, Blackbeard captured La Concorde, a French slaving vessel. He realized that it would make a perfect pirate ship.
- Queen Anne's Revenge: the name referred to Anne, Queen of England and Scotland (1665-1714).
- 40 cannons on board
- several months in 1717-18, Blackbeard used the Queen Anne's Revenge to effectively terrorize shipping in the Atlantic
- He was even able to blockade the port of Charleston for a week in April of 1718, looting several ships. The town gave him a valuable chest full of medicines to make him go away.
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