Friday, May 27, 2011
Blackbeard’s anchor brought to the surface after 293 years
Archaeologists Friday successfully raised an anchor from the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship that pirate Blackbeard and his crew intentionally grounded off the North Carolina coast in 1718. The nearly 3000-pound anchor is the largest artifact yet recovered from the wreck of the notorious pirate’s flagship.
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