GREENVILLE – From a section of the hull structure weighing more than a ton, to tiny glass beads, artifacts recovered from the wreck of the purported Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, will be on display Saturday, April 25. Open Lab Day at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory will showcase items recovered from the [...]
You may be surprised at some of the archaeological findings from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, which ran aground off North Carolina’s coast in 1718. Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing, director of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project, will explain what the findings reveal about the ship’s role in colonial America, the [...]
GREENVILLE – Visitors soon will see how researchers figure out what are some of the artifacts recovered from the wreck of the purported Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, found near Beaufort. The loot includes gold dust, cannons, ballast stones, bones, and bells, among more than 100,000 recovered artifacts. Conservators analyze and document the artifacts [...]
RALEIGH – Coming from the 12th to the 21st century, seven nesting cups deliver a big message about the presumed wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, found near Beaufort. The first discovered fleur de lis pattern (a stylized “flower of the lily”) was found on the third smallest of the cup-shaped weights. [...]
Marauders. Plunderers. Bloodthirsty sea-thieves. Whatever their name, pirates have wreaked havoc on the high seas since waterway travel began. These seafaring scoundrels command attention in a major exhibit that opened Friday, March 6, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Knights of the Black Flag explores the legacy of pirates, from ancient times to [...]
January 28, 2009 – 9:39 am
RALEIGH – “Shiver me timbers!” Romantic notions of sabers, swashbucklers, and an exciting life at sea belie the truth of those ancient buccaneers. That truth holds today. Piracy isn’t pretty, it’s parasitic.
North Carolina’s strong relationship with opportunistic pirates will be observed with the March 6 opening of the exhibit, “Knights of the Black Flag” at [...]
January 22, 2009 – 4:36 pm
Pirates — those swashbuckling, seafaring scoundrels — will swagger to the forefront in a major exhibit opening Friday, March 6, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Knights of the Black Flag will explore the legacy of infamous rogues of the high seas, from ancient times to the present. Intriguing artifacts, legends and history [...]
October 29, 2008 – 11:07 am
ATLANTIC BEACH – After nearly 300 years resting on the ocean floor, an eight foot, 2,000 pound cannon will emerge from the Atlantic on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The big catch from the 2008 fall research dive at the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, will be displayed for the media at [...]
October 10, 2008 – 9:10 am
Researchers on the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, are conducting the fall dive expedition through Nov. 7. From time to time, they host visitors. Click here to read a Carteret News-Times article about detectives from West Virginia who came to work on furthering their underwater investigative procedures.
The QAR sank in [...]
September 23, 2008 – 8:35 am
RALEIGH – The official dedication of the N.C. State Historical Highway Marker for Stede Bonnet, “Gentleman Pirate” will be at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, on N.C. Highway 211 in Southport, under the direction of the N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport. N.C. Representative Bonner Stiller, Southport Mayor Sandra Spencer and others will mark the occasion [...]