Links from our Blackbeard series
Nigel Parry / TBS
Roger Daltrey brandishes a pistol and cutlass, common weapons for 18th-century pirates, in "Pirate Tales."
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Pirate Tales, a two-part TV show from TBS Superstation -- airs at 9 p.m. (EDT) Aug. 24 and 9 p.m. Aug. 31. Encore presentations of Part I and Part II air at 12:20 a.m. Aug. 25 and 1:05 a.m. on Sept. 1. Musician-actor Roger Daltrey portrays the 17th-century pirate William Dampier, who recounts the tales and adventures of such pirates as Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Capt. William Kidd, Blackbeard, Woodes Rogers, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Calico Jack Rackham and Sam Bellamy. "Pirate Tales" explores the golden era of piracy and how pirate adventures and conquests changed the course of history.
History: When Blackbeard Scourged the Seas
Pirates of the Bahamas
Insiders' Guide:
Blackbeard's Booty
Charleston
Crystal Coast
Outer Banks
N.C. Department of Cultural Resources:
Queen Anne's Revenge
Blackbeard the Pirate
About pirates
Shipwreck resource groups
About the QAR
Intersal: A private research firm to examine and preserve shipwrecks
Blackbeard's shipwreck (from the North Carolina Maritime Museum)
National Institute for Science Education:
Blackbeard, the King of Pirates
The search for Blackbeard's skull (poem and story)
Queen Anne's Revenge
Blackbeard's 27-month reign
The profession of piracy
National Geographic:
Blackbeard, Pirate Terror at Sea
Pirate Ports
Books for Buccaneers
National Science Foundation's "Why? Files":
Pirate ships
A tale of Blackbeard
Wild Women and Salty Dogs
(from the Discovery Channel)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Quest for a Pirate
(exhibit at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Pirate images
No Quarter Given: A pirate newsletter
"Blackbeard's Last Fight"
(from "Tar Heel Ghosts and Legends")
Want to visit?:
Charleston
Ocracoke
Outer Banks
Beaufort
North Carolina coast
Crystal Coast
Bath
Pamlico County
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