Charleston Pirate Festival

05/26/2015

Brethren of the Coast,

It is with regret that we inform you that the Charleston Pirate Festival has been put on hold this year.

The sponsoring organization, the Old Exchange Building, is having some major building repairs done. Looking after this historic 1771 structure is, of course, a vital concern. After the completion of this work, we will look ahead to reschedule and contact you with a possible future date.

A fair wind and tide to you all!

05/09/2015

One of the most famous lost pirate treasures may have just been found. Explorers working off the coast of Madagascar have uncovered a giant silver ingot that they believe came from the wreck of th

05/07/2015

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/contract-battle-brewing-14m-blackbeard-treasure-30822760

Nearly 300 years after the pirate Blackbeard's flagship sank off the North Carolina coast, a shipwreck-hunting company and the state are battling over treasure linked to the vessel — but they're fighting with legal filings, not cutlasses, and the treasure is $14 million in disputed revenue and...

04/29/2015

http://www.wfla.com/story/28921751/tampa-attic-has-coins-a-map-a-hand-and-a-mystery

Mike Lopez has an interesting artifact of family history. His sister was recently cleaning out her grandparents attic and came across a box with strange contents. Neatly organized with copper wire,...

04/24/2015

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/historian-chris-maxworthy-discovers-the-pirates-who-operated-from-sydney-cove-20150327-1m85bo.html

A maritime historian has discovered the untold history of pirates who operated from Sydney Cove and the Pacific in the early days of the colony.

04/24/2015

Beware the Flying Dutchman!

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Fi-Go/Flying-Dutchman.html

04/06/2015

Nice collection of pirate videos
http://www.history.com/videos/life-aboard-a-pirate-ship

Pirates paid a high price in their quest to capture golden b***y, enduring disease and starvation while at sea.

04/06/2015

Legal advice for treasure hunters!
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20150320/BUSINESS/150329999

03/30/2015

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Blackbeard-Finally-Coming-Black-Sails-Get-Your-First-Look-70885.html

Black Sails is a story that mixes fact and fiction. Characters from Robert Louis Stevenson’s popular adventure novel Treasure Island intermix with real historical pirates like Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham. Next season, Black Sails will be adding a notorious pirate from English history into the mix.

03/23/2015

What they leave out is that George Anson was on pirate patrol on Charleston and that the Ansonborough section of our city still bears his name!
http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Ansons-Shugborough/story-26196577-detail/story.html

ONE of the most popular local tourist attractions is the stately home of Shugborough Hall which stands near the village of Great Haywood, on the outskirts of our county town of Stafford. Originally...

03/18/2015

Here is more information about one of Bonnet's crew-

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/strange-tale-newcastles-very-real-life-8749439

New book recounts the life and grisly death of the Newcastle man who sailed with the infamous Blackbeard

03/18/2015

British Writer Connects Pirate Dots

“Sins Dyed in Blood: In Search of the Newcastle Pirate” by Paul Brown tells the story of Edward Robinson, who sailed with Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet during the golden age of piracy, and was hanged for his crimes in Charleston in 1718.

“Robinson was born in my home city of Newcastle, in the north east of England,” Brown said in a press release. “There are many myths and legends surrounding ‘the Newcastle Pirate,’ and I was determined to find the true story. My search took me across the Atlantic and eventually to Charleston, ending at White Point Garden, where there’s a monument marking the spot at which the pirates were hanged.”

Robinson was involved in several terrifying pirate raids and participated in Blackbeard’s May 1718 siege of Charleston. He fell out with the pirate captain and was marooned on a tiny island. Robinson was eventually rescued by another notorious pirate captain, Stede Bonnet, and resumed his pirate ways until November 1718 when he was captured off the Carolina coast.

“Sins Dyed in Blood” is available from Amazon as a Kindle single ebook for $2.99. "

Adam Parker-Post and Courier