Blackbeard the Pirate
The years from 1713 to 1725 are thought of as the Golden Age of Piracy. The popular image of a pirate is firmly rooted in this period, thanks to books like Robert Louis Stephenson’s Treasure Island and Hollywood films like Pirates of the Caribbean. It followed on from the War of Spanish Succession (1703 to 1713) - known as Queen Ann’s War in North America. This was a conflict that involved all the major maritime powers, and saw the large-scale use of privateers for the first
