Blackbeard was one of the worlds most notorious Pirates. Little is known about his early life. He is reported to have served as a privateer during Queen Anne's War (1701 - 1714), and turned to piracy sometime after the war's conclusion. His ship was called the Queen Anne's Revenge some artifacts from his ship are still around till this day. Sometime in 1716, Teach moved the source of his operations from Jamaica to New Providence in the Bahamas. He served an apprenticeship under Captain Benjamin Hornigold, who was the fiercest and ablest of all pirates regularly operating out of the island of New Providence. Jointly they captured and looted a number of large merchant vessels. Having amassed a sizeable fortune and recognizing that the profitable days of piracy were nearing an end, Hornigold in early 1718 retired from piracy and took up the honest life of a planter on New Providence. He took full advantage of the king's pardon when Woodes Rogers came to Nassau on 27 July 1718 as the newly appointed governor of the Bahamas Islands.
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