BLACKBEARD

Blackbeard, or Edward Teach, as he was once known, was one of the most terrifying pirates to ever sail the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Though his reign of terror only lasted two years, during that time he managed to amass a vast supply of booty, ranging from grains, to alcohol, jewelry and much, much more. He was eventually overtaken and beheaded after a fierce battle against Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy in 1718. (His head was later palced on a stake near Virginia's Hampton River as a warning to other pirates.) Legends about the infamous pirate still circulate today, and he is portrayed by Ian McShane in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." (The film is based on the novel "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers.)

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