{"product_id":"blackbeards-sunken-prize","title":"Blackbeard's Sunken Prize","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlackbeard's Sunken Prize: The 300-Year Voyage of Queen Anne's Revenge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-info_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-tagline\"\u003eThe definitive story of one of America’s most storied pirate ships\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1717, the notorious pirate Blackbeard captured a French slaving vessel off the coast of Martinique and made it his flagship, renaming it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueen Anne’s Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e. Over the next six months, the heavily armed ship and its crew captured all manner of riches from merchant ships sailing the Caribbean to the Carolinas. But in June 1718, with British authorities closing in, Blackbeard reportedly ran\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueen Anne’s Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaground just off the coast of what is now North Carolina’s Fort Macon State Park. What went down with the ship remained hidden for centuries, as the legend of Blackbeard continued to swell in the public’s imagination. When divers finally discovered the wreck in 1996, it was immediately heralded as a major find in both maritime archaeology and the history of piracy in the Atlantic. Now the story of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueen Anne’s Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand its fearsome captain is revealed in full detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving played vital roles in the shipwreck’s recovery and interpretation, Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton vividly reveal in words and images the ship’s first use as a French privateer and slave ship, its capture and use by Blackbeard’s armada, the circumstances of its sinking, and all that can be known about life as an eighteenth-century pirate based on a wealth of artifacts now raised from the ocean floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark U. Wilde-Ramsing is the former deputy state archaeologist (underwater) of North Carolina and past director of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen Anne’s Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Shipwreck Project. Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton is the current program archaeologist and curator at Fort Bragg’s Cultural Resources Management Program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Feels like a fun and informative tour through a museum led by engaging and educated tour guides. . . . Engages directly with readers, bringing them along on the journey from Blackbeard’s exploits upon the high seas three centuries ago to the dedicated team of modern-day archaeologists who documented and interpreted the archaeological record.”—\u003cem\u003eNorth Carolina Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN 9781469640525 | 224 Pages, 8.50 × 10.50 in, 227 color plates., 42 halftones, 14 maps, 3 graphs, 4 tables, notes, index\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublication date: June 11, 2018\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"UNC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52508428894490,"sku":"42814","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1785\/3978\/files\/blackbeardssunkenprize.jpg?v=1784137465","url":"https:\/\/ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com\/products\/blackbeards-sunken-prize","provider":"NC History Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}