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| | Blackbeard's Flagship |
 | | Discovered by commercial divers and North Carolina state archaeologists, the remains include more than 15 large cannon, 24-pound cannon balls, two anchors, a bronze bell inscribed with the date 1709, a brass blunderbuss, and a large portion of a white oak hull. |
 | | Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, began sacking and pillaging settlements along the Atlantic coast and around the Caribbean in 1716. |
 | | The search for the ship was conducted by Michael Daniel and Philip Masters of Intersal, a private salvage firm based in Boca Raton, Florida, under a permit from North Carolina's Office of State Archaeology. |
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