Edward Teach, also known as the infamous pirate Blackbeard, decided to give up his pirating ways in exchange for a royal ...

"Blackbeard" Teach, known more commonly by his colorful nickname, was a real-life pirate who sailed the West Indies and Caribbean in the late 1600s. His ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, was attacked by ...

Among them is the wreckage of a ship that sank in 1718. Its captain was the English pirate Blackbeard. Another victim of one of the most perilous coastlines in the Western Hemisphere. This is the ...

Ouch! Blackbeard was decapitated and his head was displayed on the bowsprit of his ship Adventure. Legend has it that his skull was encased in silver and used as a drinking vessel. Cheers!