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The Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Depicting the fierce duel between Teach and Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the British Royal Navy.

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<strong>Captain Henry Avery: </strong>One of the most famous pirates of all time, Captain Henry Avery is depicted here with the Indian emperor's ship from which he was said to have taken a bounty worth more than $200 million in today's money.

Captain Henry Avery: One of the most famous pirates of all time, Captain Henry Avery is depicted here with the Indian emperor's ship from which he was said to have taken a bounty worth more than $200 million in today's money.

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<strong>Blackbeard: </strong>A woodcutting of the most notorious and infamous pirate of the golden age of piracy, Edward Teach, more commonly referred to as Blackbeard. Taken from "A General History of the Pyrates" (1724).

Blackbeard: A woodcutting of the most notorious and infamous pirate of the golden age of piracy, Edward Teach, more commonly referred to as Blackbeard. Taken from "A General History of the Pyrates" (1724).

<strong>Blazing beard:</strong> In this woodcarving you can see the lighted fuses Blackbeard would keep in and around his beard so that during battle a demonic halo of sparks, fire and smoke would surround him.

Blazing beard: In this woodcarving you can see the lighted fuses Blackbeard would keep in and around his beard so that during battle a demonic halo of sparks, fire and smoke would surround him.

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