Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Edward Teach, or better knows as Blackbeard was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. Little is knowned about his early life but he was likely borned in Britstol, England. Blackbeard became well known when he captured a French merchant vessel and renamed her Queen Anne`s Revenge. Blackbeard became the inspiration for a number of pirate-themed works of fiction across a range of genres.