Blackbeard

300 years ago 1000 of pirates sailed around the world it was called the Golden Age of piracy the Caribbean sea was very popular with pirates because there were tons of islands that English born Henry Avery or Avery was one of the most notorious pirates of the 16 hundreds he was one of the few pirates captain retired with the ships and all his treasure and solute with without being captured or killed in battle ivory or every wasn't always a pirate though he actually started his career on the sea…

This paper deals with the article ‘Oak Island’s Mysterious’ “Money Pit”, written by David MacDonald (A Reader's Digest Classic, originally published in 1965). This piece of literature is mysterious as it talks about the treasure which has been excavated by many people but not yet found. The argument will be developed through a critical review of David MacDonald’s article discussing in turn the fact whether the treasure in the Oak Island is natural or man-made, in other words does the treasure…

The article Oak Island's Mysterious Money Pit appeared in the January 1965 Readers Digest pages 136 through 140 condensed from The Rotarian. This interesting article about the mysterious treasure hunt carried out in the island of Oak since 1795 was written by David MacDonald. Oak Island is a 57-hectare island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Oak Island is noted as the location of the so-called Money Pit and the site of over 200 years of treasure hunting.…

Spain, to pass by. During the 19th century, shipwrecks were a frequent occurrence in the area and the first settlers to Bimini came to salvage the wrecks. Once lighthouses became common in the 1800s did the shipwrecking trade decline. Ever heard of Blackbeard? He was no stranger to the islands of Bimini. Once the wrecking industry declined, the island was struggling with poverty. But, in 1919, The U.S. enacted the Volstead Act and the era of prohibition dawned. Everyone and their cousin was…

What do Al Capone, Jesse James, and Ted Bundy all have in common with each other? All these men are infamous criminals in the United States. However, Capone, James, and Bundy each have different reasoning for their actions, but one common pretense aligns them together, desperation for a self-fulling life. Capone was originally poor and became a gangster to provide for himself and a family; James was inspired to loot because of the disorganization of the South and the effects onto the West;…

As Kim Il-Sung once said, “the oppressed [people] can liberate themselves only through struggle.” In the book Black Boy, Richard Wright illustrates what life was like for an African American in the early 1900’s. This novel follows Richard as he grows up and finds his way in the Deep South, where racism runs rampant. Along with racial issues, Richard also struggles with his grandmother’s strict religious views, his mother’s illness, and his strained relations with other family members, all the…

always made the enemy to be the Templar 's). Along the adventure Edward meets the notorious Blackbeard and some other pirates who aren 't so important and even a women pirate pretending to be a man (she works for the Assassin 's). The Assassins along the way are mutual friends who want the same goal as Edward and at many parts of the game they will ask him to join their cause rather than be an outsider. Blackbeard is quite a dark, mysterious character who wants to create a pirate revolution but…

When watching “Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker”, one certainly does learn something about pirates and their history. However, that does not mean the documentary is particularly useful. In fact, the documentary while mostly accurate still has some small discrepancies and does not provide enough detail for it to be helpful to those actually studying pirates. The documentary is a fun resource for those who want basic facts, but leaves some facts to assumptions and seems to gloss over…

Kurt Vonnegut could twist the world like M.C. Esher on acid. His controversial humor and style shattered my twelve year-old world of He-Man and arcade games, only to replace it with dick jokes and a new world of literature that liberated my mind and influenced my own writing. One day in the spring of 1995 I attended a physics demonstration at my middle school that would change how I viewed literature. What does physics have to do with literature? Well, the physics provoked but the…

Hugh Jackman: The Great Australian Actor Hugh Jackman is a world renowned Australian actor and producer born October 12th, 1968, and is 47 years old. He has been in a countless number of movies and tv shows. He is most famous for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men movies. However, he was not born into the acting business. Jackman took a long climb from his childhood life to get where he is today. Young Life It…