Blackbeard’s Head

Blackbeard's head suspended from the end of a bowsprit.
(Pirates CD-ROM, ©Dover Publications, 2007)

In November 1718 Blackbeard was finally chased down and killed in a fierce battle off Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. He received five bullet wounds and 20 sword cuts before dying. Then his head was suspended from the end of a bowsprit.

Tags: Maritime history