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past rEVERED order OF pirates and rogues events
Piratical Dates of Importance
January 8, 1815
Jean Laffite and the Baratarians help Americans defeat British at Battle
of New Orleans.
March 27 1794
George Washington signs the Naval Armament Act that establishes the navy
because of "depredations committed by the Algerine corsairs on the
commerce of the United States."
April 4, 1655
English fleet defeats Barbary Corsairs at Battle at Postage Farina,
Tunis.
April 26, 1717
Whydah sinks killing Black Sam Bellamy.
May
19, 1588
Spain's Invincible Armada sets sail.
May
22
National Maritime Day
May
23, 1701
Captain William Kidd hanged at Execution Dock, London.
November 22, 1718
Blackbeard killed.
A STRANGE HEAD TRIP
A story written by Judge Charles H. Whedbee about
the silver-plated cup made from the skull of Edward
Teach. According to the Judge, after Teach’s demise
at the hands of Lt. Maynard, his head was cut off and
eventually placed on a pole at the entrance to Norfolk,
VA as a warning to other pirates. Blackbeard's skull
hung for many years from a pole at the confluence of
the Hampton and James rivers. The site is still known
as Blackbeard's Point.
Reputable sources declare that the relic was
later taken down and fashioned into a
silver-mounted drinking cup. Antiquarian and
publisher John F. Watson states that the "skull
was made into the bottom part of a very large
punch bowl, called the infant, which was long
used as a drinking vessel at the Raleigh
Tavern in Williamsburg. It was enlarged with
silver, or silver plated; and I have seen those
whose forefathers have spoken of their
drinking punch from it, with a silver ladle
appurtenant to that bowl." Historian and
author John Esten Cooke, in his Virginia,
states that the cup was still preserved in
the state in 1903.
TREASURE TRIVIA
- The Oak Island Money Pitt of Nova Scotia has never been successfully uncovered. This 212-foot shaft is said to contain millions of dollars in gold. At least six men have died in attempts to excavate the spot, only uncovering some brass, parchment, and a heart-shaped stone.
- A system of underground flood tunnels was discovered in Haiti. The tunnels were believed to belong to pirates in order to stash their treasure. Another heart-shaped stone was discovered, but nothing more.
- Similar complex tunnel systems have been discovered in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar and in two sites in North America.
- A small island off the coast of Boston supposedly held the diamonds of the Great Mogul of Arabia – one of the largest collections in the world. Captain John Avery passed on two maps to his treasures. One led to $45,000 worth of treasure, but the other – supposedly leading to the diamonds – only returned the dagger of the Great Mogul’s daughter.
- French pirate, Captain Jean Laffite, smuggling his New Orleans’ goods through Texas was overcome by Spanish Soldiers. His horse, buggy, and entire loot ran into the bottom of Hendricks Lake. Three ingots of the treasure have been recovered, but nothing more.
- The most famous of all treasures is that belonging to Captain Kidd. Supposedly, Captain Kidd had enough loot to sink a dozen ships. But, despite the hundreds of men who have searched for it, none of his loot has ever turned up
This time, let's try and get it right!!