Alex Carson
Did you know that divers have recovered more than 400,000 artifacts from what’s believed to be Blackbeard’s sunken flagship? Did you know that almost none of the infamous pirates’ fabled treasure was found, yet the items recovered might be even more valuable?
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – The Capture and Transformation of La Concorde
02:58 – The Wreck off Beaufort Inlet
05:22 – Life and Labor on the Queen Anne’s Revenge
07:49 – The Archaeological Hunt
09:25 – Outro
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This video takes you on a journey into the depths of the Atlantic where Blackbeard’s ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, lay hidden for nearly 300 years. Long thought to be lost forever, the ship was rediscovered in the 1990s and has since become one of the most significant archaeological sites in American history. But this isn’t your typical tale of buried gold. Instead, what researchers found paints a vivid picture of life aboard a pirate vessel in the early 18th century.
From navigational instruments and loaded cannons to medical tools and fragments of personal items, each artifact reveals the daily struggles, ingenuity, and harsh conditions faced by the crew. The ship’s past as a French slave trader, its transformation into a warship, and its final days off the Carolina coast all come to life through these discoveries. Experts like Linda Carnes-McNaughton have spent years carefully analyzing every item, uncovering stories not just of pirates, but of enslaved Africans, kidnapped Frenchmen, and political rebellion.
This is the real story of Blackbeard—not the myth, but the man, the ship, and the moment in time preserved beneath the waves. The Queen Anne’s Revenge may have gone down in 1718, but thanks to decades of excavation and research, it’s revealing secrets that were never supposed to resurface.
Divers Finally Find Blackbeard’s Sunken Treasure
