From 1702 to 1713 as France and England battled over control of North America, many privateers joined the cause, especially around Spanish Florida and the Caribbean. Born circa 1680, not much is known about Teach’s early life, aside from that he was probably a privateer during Queen Anne’s War. Taken to the Grenadine Islands, the majority of the French crew and African slaves were put to shore while others joined the pirates, gold and other loot was seized from the ships, and Edward Teach sailed from the Grenadines aboard La Concorde.īetter known as the infamous and legendary Blackbeard, Edward Teach became the quintessential pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. According to one Lieutenant Ernaut, arriving aboard La Concorde, two pirate sloops fired upon the French slave ship, and with the crew severely ill, Captain Dosset surrendered almost immediately. After making it across the Middle Passage, approximately 100 miles out from the Caribbean island of Martinique, La Concorde and the pirate Edward Teach met for the first time. Taking eight weeks to travel across the Atlantic, 61 slaves and 16 crew members died as cramped quarters and squalid conditions lead to the spread of scurvy and dysentery. On July 8 she arrived in the port of Judas, now Benin, Nigeria, and traded for 516 African slaves.
Leaving Nantes on November 24, 1717, armed with 16 cannons and a crew of 75, La Concorde departed for the African coast.
While slave trading voyages were successful in 1713 and again in 1715, the 1717 journey would be the last for La Concorde. Making three runs over the course of the next decade, La Concorde would depart from Nantes with various French goods and wares, sail to the west coast of Africa to trade for slaves, and from there continue along the trans-Atlantic Middle Passage to the islands of the Caribbean. Coming into the possession of French merchant Rene Montaudoin, La Concorde was operated out of the port of Nantes, the epicenter of the French slave trade during the 18th century. Constructed as a frigate, the ship was modified by the French to hold cargo, and slaves in particular, as at that time the slave trade was a burgeoning business in western France. High quality woods include cherry, birch, maple and rosewoodīuilt in 1710, the Concord enjoyed a brief life as an English ship before being captured by French forces in 1711. Individual wooden planks used in hull construction plank on frame Whether seated upon a shelf, desk, or table, proudly display this Queen Anne’s Revenge pirate ship model! Fine craftsmanship and attention to detail highlight this hand constructed pirate ship model. Set sail for adventure on the high seas as you search for lost treasure aboard this scale model ship of a Blackbeard’s feared pirate ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
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In the movie Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow and crosses paths with the infamous pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), dreaded captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge, while searching for the fabled Fountain of Youth. Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Limited 36"īrought to the silver screen in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the legendary Queen Anne's Revenge has been stunningly recreated in this model pirate ship.
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