Tufts of grass dot the shores of Ocracoke Island, site of an early European settlement and still home to descendants of the pirate Blackbeard.

青草点缀的奥克雷科克岛海滨，这座岛曾是早期欧洲殖民者的定居之地，同时也是黑胡子海盗后人的家园。

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Often, Blackbeard would simply let his reputation precede him, said Pat Croce, owner of the St. Augustine Pirate &Treasure Museum in Florida.

“通常来说，黑胡子并不是虚有其表。” Pat Croce说，他是佛罗里达州圣奥古斯丁海盗&宝藏博物馆的所有者。

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The merchant's got tired of paying the toll and of the other mean things that Blackbeard did to them, so they asked the lieutenant governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood to help get rid of him.

商人们对于支付过路费和其他黑胡子对他们所做的残忍的事情觉得厌烦了，于是他们要求弗吉尼亚州的副总督亚历山大·斯波伍德帮助他们摆脱黑胡子。

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Hundreds of the things Blackbeard used on Queen Anne's Revenge can be seen at the North Carolina Maritime Museum.

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The consortium has already made discoveries at the Blackbeard prospect and at Davy Jones.

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That particular well was drilled to hold the Blackbeard acreage for the partnership, even though it was the least interesting of the three cupola plays identified on new improved seismic.

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In 1718, Edward Teach, known as "Blackbeard" the pirate, was killed off the coast of North Carolina.

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