History of Blackbeard
Edward Teach (Blackbeard) Real Name: Edward Teach Nickname : Blackbeard Born : c. 1680, Bristal, England Died: 22 November 1718 (aged 35–40), Ocracoke, Province of North Carolina Cause of Death: killed in action (stab wounds and gunshot wounds) Rank : Captain The base of operations : Atlantic West Indies History of Blackbeard No other pirate in history ever reached the level of infamy achieved by Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard . Despite being dead for over three hundred years, The memory of Edward Teach is still very much alive in modern popular culture. But what about the man behind the beard? It is generally thought that Edward was born around 1680, somewhere around Bristol, England . As was customary for pirates, Edward Teach may have been an assumed name, and many surname variations are recorded, including Thack, Tack, and Theache. Historian Colin Woodward is adamant that he went by Thatch and that an error by a newspaper report in the Boston News-Letter started the