Calypso

'Deux Bateaux pirates, mon capitaine! "Captain Charles d'Ocier noted falsetto voice message his first officer, who had just dropped a pair of binoculars from his right eye. The captain stretched out her hand and raised his telescope to his eye. Pirates! It was the last in a long-term misery to add to the misery in the dark path Port Bouet in Ivory Coast with its smelly as slaves. Charles d'Ocier reduce the telescope. There were two pirate ships - small in comparison with the Concorde, the 300 tonne three-masted level. They were rigged sloop-of-war, no more than 70 or 80 feet in length, d'Ocier estimated. Both were in a rigged Brigantine - square-rigged on the proposed mast and schooner-rigged on the mast. "merde!" The Captain's Curse did nothing to reassure her mate - "a day trip from Fort-de-France, Martinique, "he muttered to himself. The captain looked at the top of the mizzen mast was hanging from a little lame Which tri-color. light winds favorite smaller, lighter and pirate vessels that quickly receive Concorde. "Gavray Lord, please make a clear decks for action and reaching arms, elegant," "Yes, yes sir, 'but will not lift it needed. Concorde crew were well aware of the brutality of the privateers flying the lucrative Caribbean sea, and they were willing to give a nice profit from the sale of slaves, of whom only 28 have died of the initial fee of 150 loaded at Port Bouet. What the crew did not know was that Concorde was also laden with responsibilities for gold dust, silver and jewels that will add a profit - for the captain. Concorde was the sight of the island of St. Vincent, who was lying on the port bow fine of about twelve miles. On the right quarter of the island is Barbados, Martinique, but his safe harbor and Fort de France for about 120 miles away. If there was a strong wind, maybe Concorde managed to run from the pirate ship. Even refuge in the British colonial port was better than sitting with pirates. But last week in March was too early of year to expect a strong - sometimes hurricane force winds - which were prevalent in this part of the Caribbean between June and September. Light southeasterly winds favored the lighter displacement Which pirate ships are now only two miles astern of the Concorde. Captain D'Ocier more stable telescope back in two pirate ships, the largest ship flying the Jolly Roger from its peak, but the ships mast flag had what looked like a skeleton swinging a spear. pirates attack plan was ready, the Concorde approaching from behind, none of its 26 guns engage the attackers until the last minute, struggling to iron which would already be closed in exchange for pirates. Any crew tries to alienate them from sterncas'le Concorde would have been swept brush fired from a bow pirates seams. battle was brief and bloody. Two pirate ships attacked on both sides of the Concorde's rigid and less than 20 minutes d'Ocier gave captain. Concorde was taken as the price and the surviving crew was landing at St. Vincent. Benjamin Gold Horn led the attack, it was to be his last act of piracy. I decided to retire from piracy and to take the queen's grace. He gave 300 tons Concorde his protégé, Edward Teach - quickly became one of the most feared pirates to plunder the oceans - Blackbird. Concorde was renamed Queen Anne's Revenge and the number of guns Increase 26-40. Blackbeard new flagship, the battalion drove his character: dancing skeleton armed with a spear, as if mocking his victims. Shortly after setting sail from St. Vincent in what was the largest and best-armed pirate ship in the Caribbean, Blackbeard attacked by another merchant ship, the Great Allen, I am deprived of all valuables and then burned and sank. News of the engagement spread rapidly, and the man the gun 30-of-war HMS Scarborough, was sent to handle Blackbeard. By far one of the scare Her Majesty's warships, Blackbeard decided to fight with HMS Scarborough: I managed to damage it so badly that the captain withdrew from the contract. Blackbeard legend now knows no bounds: so terrible was the sight of the black-bearded pirate that his victim is usually surrendered without a fight. crew members survived, I swore that it was the "devil incarnate" and "Blackbeard doing everything to improve their reputation turning slowly burning hemp cord to his black, tangled hair during a hat. Then burned just before the engagement and slow-burning hemp would hit him smoking, he went into battle festooned with pistols and swords. Queen Anne's Revenge was now laden with booty, and it is time to find a safe haven for this treasure, before returning to his lucrative hunting in shallow water and shallow water near Charlestown - later Charleston - South Carolina and the coast. Navigation was still black magic, for more than a thousand years, sailors were able to establish its position in Latitude world's oceans, measuring the height of Polaris and the sun. Means to find the length - and thus create a permanent land - was not discovered until the invention of the chronometer in the 18th century. Navigation Blackbeard was strong and I was not proficient in the use of over-staff to measure the angle of the stars or not. Following the sale of the bad condition of slaves in the royal city of St. Vincent is Blackbeard Set course north-north-west to return to South Carolina. In 1717, the year of the conquest of Queen Anne's Revenge, the only means of navigation available when seafarers sailing north or south of the compass and count the dead. Blackbeard designed Anegada Passage between the Virgin Islands and Leeward Islands Windward Islands is still in his right quarter, when he sailed north. Once through the Anegada Passage, the Queen Anne's Revenge comes to a northwesterly course and sail along the chain of islands and Cays in the Bahamas, Florida and South Carolina. As it happens, the third day in St. Vincent, Crow's Nest lookout shouted down to the captain that there was the island in front of us. Blackbeard went into his cabin and poured over the chart. There was nothing marked on the map anywhere near his story a mere ten minute warning before viewing. Dominika its right neighborhood and the French island of Guadeloupe in the right foreground was followed by a small but significant island of Montserrat with 3,000 foot active volcano Soufriere - the name is shared with the volcanoes on the islands of Guadeloupe and St. Vincent - and the white cloud of smoke hanging on the edge of Caldera. Bartholomew called Blackbeard Nesbit, his first officer, and after a thorough examination of the graph both went back to the Board and studied on the island, which is visible to the naked eye now. Either the Queen Anne's Revenge many miles off course to the east or Blackbeard had a chance discovered the island, which was as yet unexplored. Blackbeard would not take account of the unknown strong flow down in the western part of the settlement, which carried the Queen Anne's Revenge more than 30 miles further west than the plot. This would also explain why not in the eye of the island on the starboard quarter. Inadvertently, I just found the perfect place to bury their treasure, before returning to Beaufort Inlet on the coast of South Carolina. They have no idea where the water or the dangers that surround the island, Blackbeard ordered leadsman to chains in the bow of the ship where he is strapped into a canvas apron to allow the use of both hands to turn the lead. Caribbean islands tend to be one of the two geological origin, either volcanic or coral. Montserrat, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Guadeloupe clearly shows the steep, cone origin as the top of a large underground volcano, while the islands of Barbados, Antigua, Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands all owe their origin to the coral formations and a underground shock to many millions of years. The island was discovered by Blackbeard the latter variety, the highest point in more than about 60 meters above sea level. The island is the lack of height, probably explain why he had never seen before, and its absence from the tables Blackbeard, the latest available version, all stolen from looted ships. Carefully, Queen Anne's Revenge traveled through the island with leadsman shallow. There was no trace of human or animal occupation of the island than many species of seabirds. After completing the circuit of the island, Blackbeard decided to anchor his boat on the north side of the island where the coastline is protected from the prevailing south-east wind. Nesbit Bartholomew gave the order to hand t'gallants, skys'ls, Moonraker, and included both stuns'ls Who watches abound Ratlines to Furl sails. It was early evening and the light is fading fast, they had no time to lose. When leadsman showed that the water was shoaling from 'trademark five' to 'trademark three', were excluded from the pin right bower anchor and dive into the crystal clear water. At first light this morning jolly-boat was sunk and equipped shore party were sent to search the island, not just for any signs of human habitation, but also for water, fruit and all of creation for the slaughter. The island was circular in shape, about two miles in diameter, and the dense and lush vegetation, which indicates the presence of fresh water. Beach Party back to dinner, a welcome message that there is a natural source Providing adequate fresh water, fruit in abundance, no signs of human presence - ever - and no animals other than turtles. But the best news Bartholomew kept until the end. They discovered the entrance to the cave, which seemed to disappear into the bowels of the earth. According to the black, twisted locks with a smile cracked pirates weathered face. Here was against weather and nature of his treasure. Transmission taxes in the cave, collecting fruit and fresh water and provide fresh meat from the turtle manned in three days. On the fourth day before the ship again, and Blackbeard Nesbit every turn to "shoot" angle of the sun with a cross-staff and to record what I think the plot of their "Treasure Island". Bower anchor then brought to capstain was heads'ls, Royals and stays'ls hundred and Queen Anne's Revenge slid from a desert island, without a trace, she and her crew had never been. Blackbeard continued its piracy along the coast of North and South Carolina, but a year after the conquest of Queen Anne's Revenge ran aground and lost her in the shallow waters of Beaufort Inlet. By now governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, decided that "laissez-faire attitude to piracy is far enough and that it is time to stop. He spent his own money chartering two escaped shallow shear that could navigate the treacherous shoals What Blackbeard operated in its new ship Adventure. He gave the job of two British naval officers, Captain and Fire Lieutenant Robert Maynard, get rid of the famous sea pirate. Two escaped set out to find Blackbeard in his hideout in Ocracoke Island, but has not weapons to compete with nine Adventure Blackbeard. Ranger, a hunting Commander Captain Brand, went to the first page is 21 Adventure listopadu 1718th Other hunting, Jane, head of Maynard, moved on my own and managed enough to prevent damage Adventure miss her. There was no wind, and both ships were forced to resort to oars are lighter, and Jane had the advantage and managed to get his next adventure. Maynard hid most of his crew, Blackbeard board is a fool to believe that the crew were killed. Ruse was a success; battlefield followed with swords and pistols, Blackbeard ended with beheadings. Maynard and Jane returned to Florida with his head hung Blackbeard's tangled hair from the bowsprit. The crew of Blackbeard, who had already tried to kill and hanged. Now there was no one alive who knew a small island west of the Windward Islands, and a huge underground cave that was hidden in the queen's ransom in gold, silver and precious stones. For nearly three hundred years, gives a small island sanctuary for resident and migratory birds, and leather-back turtles. The island came under the jurisdiction of Venezuela in 1975, at the request of and funded by the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA), unmanned, solar powered lights were installed as an aid to shipping. In 1991, Venezuela sold the island to a private buyer and two years later, with the consent of World Wide Fund, said the new owner of the island protected natural area.