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Blackbeard's Bristol

Llandoger Trow, King Street, Bristol

The port that may have bred Blackbeard, and the inn that inspired Treasure Island.

Edward Teach, the dreaded pirate Blackbeard, is traditionally said to have been born in Bristol around 1680, though nobody knows for certain. Bristol was a great port for privateers and slave ships, and many sailors turned pirate.

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When
Late 1600s
Where
51.4520, -2.5930
Group
Pirates

Visiting

The Llandoger Trow is still a pub on King Street, near the harbourside.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
From the book

Blood and Gold

Edward Teach, known to history as Blackbeard, was only active as a pirate captain for about two years, yet he became, and remains, the most famous pirate who ever lived.

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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