EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Blackbeard Pirate Relics, Gold Found
A brass navigational instrument known as a chart divider is among artifacts recently recovered from a shipwreck thought to be the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the infamous 18th-century pirate Blackbeard, archaeologists said in March 2009.
Some of the newfound relics add to evidence that the ship belonged to the pirate. “”We feel pretty comfortable that that’s what this is,” said Marke Wilde-Ramsing, director of the Queen Anne’s Revenge project for the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology.
Photos and a link to a related story.
Say, I wonder where the whole “Arrrr” thing associated with pirates originated. Treasure Island? A movie?
“He is best remembered for portraying the feverish-eyed Long John Silver in the Walt Disney version of Treasure Island. His Disney portrayal became the standard for screen portrayals of pirates and he is often credited with inventing the stereotypical “pirate voice”. Newton has become the “patron saint” of the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newton
Comment by bruce — April 5, 2009 @ 4:37 am