Colonial, 1650-1730 (Temporal Keyword)

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The Pirates of the Pamlico: A Maritime Cultural Landsca­­pe Investigation of the Pirates of Colonial North Carolina and their Place in the State’s Cultural Memory (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Allyson G. Ropp.

Colonial North Carolina, 1663-1730, was a poor colony in the British Empire. The landscape provided opportunities for pirates to establish operational bases. Besides Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach, numerous others roamed the colony. This study explores colonial North Carolina use as a pirate haven, analyzing historical and archaeological data sets within the broader context of a maritime cultural landscape. Maps showing known pirate bases are overlaid with colonial settlements to determine geographic...