Showing posts with label pirates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pirates. Show all posts

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Monday, October 3, 2016

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2017) Movie HD


Published on Oct 2, 2016 Zero Media

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Teaser Trailer 1 (2017) Johnny Depp Movie HD [Official Trailer]"

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Captain Cook's Endeavour Discovered


via CNN

"Researchers believe they have found the wreckage of the HMS Endeavour, vessel of legendary British explorer, James Cook.

Cook commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 on his famous voyage mapping the uncharted waters of the south Pacific Ocean, but for years its whereabouts have remained a mystery.

Pictured: "A replica of the HMS Endeavour, which has existed for 20 years after a lengthy build process."

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Blackbeard


via Wikipedia

"Edward Teach (also Edward Thatch, c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. Although little is known about his early life, he was probably born in Bristol, England. He may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before settling on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined sometime around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet, but toward the end of 1717 Hornigold retired from piracy, taking two vessels with him..."

Saturday, June 9, 2012