Daniel DeFoe Episodes

Chapm3 begins with Virginia Governor Spotswood's decree that a reward was in effect for the capture of Blackbeard and his crew and ends with the battle between Blackbeard and Capt. Maynard at Ocracoke Inlet. BONUS: Source "The Last Days of Bladckbeard The Pirate" by Kevin Dufus The "Local Legend" Theory (Edward Beard) • True Identity: Claims Blackbeard was Edward Beard, not "Edward Teach." He was a colonial native, likely the son of Captain James Beard (who owned land in Bath, NC and Goose...

The story of Capt.Martel, who was notable in 1716 and 1717 until his disappearance, and of Capt "Teach", also known as Blackbeard, who raided ships from 1716 until his demise at Ocracoke NC in the fall of 1718. There is much to learn anout Blackbeard outside of DeFoe's account so we are adding my research to next week's episode. Cjeck out all our shows at www.bestorf1001stories.com

FIRST- OUR INTRODUCTION TO 'A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE ROBBERIES AND MURDERS OF PYRATES' BY CAPT SAMUELJOHNSON , which is the excat name of the edition I'm using which is found at Gutenberg- and since the given author's name does not exisat and most scholars believe Daniel DeFoe (author of Robinson Crusoe)n wrote it (he had access to prisoners at Newgate and a lot of interest in piracy in the early 18th century when most of thse pirates opperated). 2ND- LIKE RADIO MYSTERIES?Tune in now to 1001 Gh...