Fascinating! Someone aboard Blackbeard's ship at some point had a copy of Cooke's book, "A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711." And it' about sailing under the captaincy of Woodes Rogers, the man who would become famous for stamping out piracy in the Caribbean. I am so intrigued!
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