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What book did Blackbeard read?

Posted on January 19, 2018 by piratescastawayscodfish
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The Guardian last week reported that archaeological conservators in North Carolina have made a remarkable discovery about pirates’ reading habits.

Blackbeard’s bedtime reading may have been about the exploits of a privateer who grew up in Poole; Captain Woodes Rogers.

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