Pirates of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. Charles Vane: who is he? Virtual hero Charles Vane

Date of Birth: 1680, Bristol, England

Edward was born in or near Bristol and went to sea early, most likely while still a teenager. It is also believed that he arrived in the West Indies shortly after leaving England.

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Teach's childhood ended very quickly and at the age of 12 he enlisted as a cabin boy in the Royal Navy. Edward Teach probably participated in the War of the Spanish Succession (also known as Queen Anne's War) as a privateer, a long struggle between all the empires of Europe, with one side led by Great Britain and the other by Spain and France.
But after the signing of the Utrecht Agreement, which put an end to the European strife of 1713, Teach and his associates found themselves far from home without business or money. To ensure their livelihood, they became pirates. In recent years, Teach became friends with Captain Benjamin Hornigold and soon joined his command as a quartermaster. This happened between the end of 1714 and the beginning of 1716.
As part of Hornigold's squadron, and then independently, he robbed mainly French and Spanish ships. He used Jamaica, Virginia and North Carolina as a place to sell the loot. The last settlement became his main rear base.
In November 1717, Teach's sloops attacked and, after a short battle, captured a large French ship near the island of St. Vincent. At this point, Blackbeard's fleet consisted of two sloops: one with 12 guns and 120 crew members, the second with 8 guns and 30 crew members. The captured ship turned out to be the slave trading sloop La Concorde, heading to Martinique under the command of Captain Dosset.
Teach was not inferior to his captain either in the ability to rob or in the ability to manage the robbery process. That same year, Hornigold was removed from office and Teach was apparently unanimously chosen as the new captain. As an additional “prize,” the ship “La Concorde,” the flagship of the pirate squadron, also went to Teach. The ship became known as the Queen Anne's Revenge and became a famous pirate between 1717 and 1718.

"Blackbeard"
In 1717, the new governor of the Bahamas Woods Rogers announced the beginning of a merciless fight against piracy. Hornigold and part of his team decided to surrender to the mercy of the British authorities and receive the amnesty promised by royal decree. Teach refused to stop his craft and raised a black flag over Queen Anne's Revenge, thereby completely outlawing himself.
Teach attacked all merchant ships he encountered while traveling along the Lesser Antilles. In the vicinity of the island of St. Vincent, pirates captured a large English merchant ship under the command of Christophe Taylor. Blackbeard enjoyed instilling terror in his enemies. There were rumors that during the battle he wove wicks into his beard and burst into the ranks of the enemy in clouds of smoke, like Satan from the underworld. Having taken everything that was of value, the pirates landed the crew on the island, and set the ship itself on fire. In December 1717, Teach's fleet sailed from Puerto Rico towards Samana Bay on the island of Hispaniola.
By January 1718, Tich’s squadron already numbered about 300 people. Cruising in the vicinity of the islands of St. Christopher and Crab, the pirates captured several more British sloops. In late January, Queen Anne's Revenge anchored near Buttetown, North Carolina. This small town, with a population of only 8 thousand people, was a good refuge for ships coming from the Atlantic. The settlers happily bought up the cargo looted by the pirates, so Teach liked Bathtown as a rear base, and he returned to it several times.

Siege of Charlestown
In May 1718, Queen Anne's Revenge and three smaller pirate sloops approached the city of Charlestown in South Carolina. They dropped anchor off the coast of Charlestown and set up an ambush. Thus, in a few days, 9 ships were captured, the wealthiest passengers were selected as hostages. Having received a huge ransom of money and medicine for them, Teach went to North Carolina. He bribed the governor of North Carolina, Charles Eden, and continued to engage in robbery.

End of career and death
In the fall of 1718, the governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood published a proclamation in which he promised a reward of 100 English pounds to anyone who captured or killed Teach, as well as smaller amounts for ordinary pirates.
English lieutenant hired by Spotswood Robert Maynard went to destroy Teach and met him near Ocracoke Island. Several of Tich's ships were stationed in a roadstead in one of the bays. According to the authorities, most of the crew were either on other ships or on land, and the pirates were simply relaxing in Ocracoke Bay. At night, a punitive expedition on oars approached Tich's ship so that at dawn they would unexpectedly attack the “half-drunk” sailors and their no less drunken captain.
On November 22, 1718, Teach celebrated his retirement from the pirate business, and it was then that fate brought him together with his old friend Edward Kenway. Both pirates were bombed by the Royal Navy battleship Maynard was on. Teach's ship and most of his crew were destroyed, so he and the remnants of the crew moved to Kenway's ship "Jackdaw" and rushed to the attack. Soon a boarding battle ensued. During the battle, Edward Teach was killed, receiving 5 bullet and 20 stab wounds. Maynard ordered Teach's body to be thrown into the waters of the bay, and his severed head to be hung on the bowsprit of his sloop, in order to receive the due reward upon his return. All thirteen pirates captured alive were tried in Williamsburg and executed by hanging.
Teach's career as a pirate was short but colorful. Many legends are associated with his name, including legends about treasures.

Benjamin Hornigold

Date of Birth: mid 1680s Norfolk, England

Date of death: 1719

Benjamin Hornigold was most likely born in Norfolk, England, although this fact has not yet been confirmed. Nothing is known about his early years of life either. The first records about him date back to 1713-1714, when he began his journey as a pirate in the West Indies.

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At the beginning of his career, he sailed on ships that were assigned to the English ports of King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth, and according to chronicles, his main work was transporting especially important cargo and escorting caravans.
After the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, he was one of hundreds of privateers left without work in the conditions of the ensuing peace. Like many other English sailors, Hornigold spent most of his time in the Bahamas, eventually settling in Nassau. It was there that he began his career as a real pirate, although he may have considered himself a privateer then - at least in the early years.
During this period, his first mate was Edward Teach, who would later become famous as the pirate Blackbeard. When Hornigold became captain of the ship Ranger, he appointed Teach as commander of his former sloop. In the spring of 1717, two pirate captains together successfully captured three merchant ships in a row: one was carrying 120 barrels of flour destined for Havana, another was carrying a cargo of liquor, and a third ship, sailing from Madeira under the flag of Portugal, was loaded with barrels of white wine.
In March 1717, Hornigold attacked the armed merchant ship of the governor of South Carolina, sent to the Bahamas to hunt bandits. The ship managed to escape beyond the Cat Cay Islands with its captain, who later reported that Hornigold's fleet had been replenished with two more ships, bringing the squadron to five ships and a total crew of 350.
In the same year, together with Teach, they captured the large French ship La Concorde, which was sailing to Martinique under the command of Captain Dosset.

Removal from the position of Captain
Despite Hornigold's fame and reputation, he was always careful in choosing his targets and until 1716 refused to attack ships flying the English flag, remaining loyal to his native country. The crew did not like his adherence to the patent and they demanded to attack any ship they chose. Hornigold strictly rejected the ultimatum, for which he was removed from the post of captain.
According to a more plausible version, Teach was the initiator of the rebellion, who at that moment was already acting independently and, as a guarantee of Hornigold’s life, demanded a ransom - the ship La Concorde. Hornigold agreed to the conditions of the rebels and, taking the helm of his old sloop, went to the shores of Nassau, where he pirated until 1718.

Pirate Hunter
In December 1717, when a decree pardoning all pirates arrived, Hornigold headed to Jamaica and in January 1718 received a royal amnesty and later, under the patronage of Governor Woods Rogers, became a hunter of pirates, his former “brothers in arms.”
Rogers granted the request for pardon, but at the same time instructed him to catch all the pirates, including his former assistant Teach. He would have to spend 18 months pursuing Steed Bonnet and Jack Rackham. In December 1718, Rogers wrote to the Office of Trade in London with a recommendation noting Hornigold's efforts to confirm his unblemished reputation as a corsair.

Death
Late in 1719, Hornigold's ship was caught in a hurricane somewhere between New Providence and Mexico City and landed on a reef that was not marked on the chart. This incident is mentioned in the modern account of the General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson, who states, “In one of his voyages... Captain Hornigold, one of the most famous of the pirates, was thrown upon the rocks and died, but five of his sailors embarked in a canoe and were rescued. ." The exact location of the reef still remains unknown.

Charles Vane

Date of Birth: 1680 England

Date of death: 1721 Gallows Point, Port Royal

The standard line in the biography of any golden age pirate is "Little is known of his early life..." This is true for Charles Vane as well. We don’t know where he was born, where he grew up, where he first went to sea. But this is not so bad, since it only adds mystery to the life of this unusual, fickle person.

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Charles Vane was one of the most irascible and capricious members of the Flying Band, a group of pirates who settled for a time in Nassau, and began his career, like most pirates of that era, as a privateer fighting for the king. It is possible that he lived in Jamaica in 1715 and was one of the participants in Henry Jennings' attack on the Spanish expedition, during which the privateers took all the gold for themselves after its sad wreck in 1715 off the coast of Florida.
Less than a year had passed before it was no longer possible to continue the honest work of the privateer, since the English governors did not encourage violation of the terms of the Utrech Peace Treaty, which stipulated the cessation of all violent actions between the great empires. With no other choice, Vane went to Nassau, where many of his former associates lived.
Prone to anger and quite miserly, Charles Vane quickly earned a reputation as a difficult captain to serve under. Sometime in 1717 or 1718, his old friend Jack "Calico Jack" Rackham joined the crew as quartermaster. They pirated together for some time, choosing Nassau as their base, as did Benjamin Hornigold, Ed Teach and Henry Jennings, where they met Kenway and talked about the gold in the fort nearby, and that Governor Torres was sailing to pick it up.
In the area of ​​Bermuda in 1718, he attacked a British squadron. The surviving members of the crew told the governor of Bermuda that the leader of the attackers hung one of the prisoners on the yards and was then hacked to death in cold blood with a cutlass. A few hours later, having boarded Captain North’s ship, he tied one of the prisoners to the bowsprit and stuck the barrel of a pistol in his mouth, demanding to reveal the secret of the location of the ship’s cash register...

Escape from Nassau
In the summer of 1718, an English fleet led by the Templar and Governor Woods Rogers arrived in Nassau, occupying the island. Woods declared an amnesty for all pirates who laid down their arms, and those who disobeyed faced trial and immediate execution. Benjamin Hornigold accepted her and Vane accuses him of treason.
Vane's team robbed everyone they came across along the trade route connecting England and the American colonies.
In September of the same year, in the bay of Ocracoke Island, Wayne met Edward Teach. Vane's ship fired a blank salvo from all guns, greeting Blackbeard's squadron. Teach responded with the same artillery salute and both captains celebrated their meeting for several days according to all pirate rules and customs.
After Teach's death, he helps Edward find the Sage by capturing one of the slaver ships that supposedly contained the Sage himself. But further searches were interrupted by a rebellious team led by Jack Rackham.

Death
Kenway and Vane were landed on the island of Providencia. There his psyche was shaken, he tried to kill Edward by shooting him with a gun and shouting insults. However, Kenway was able to neutralize Vane and leaves him alone on the island. He lived the life of a Robinson for several weeks until he was found by British soldiers in 1721 and taken to Port Royal prison. On March 22, 1721, Vane was tried and executed by hanging at Gallows Point, Port Royal, on the same day.

Jack Rackham "Calico Jack"

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Jack Rackham is one of the few famous pirates whose homeland is the West Indies. He was born in Jamaica at a time when Port Royal was a real den of robbers. Most likely, this explains the atrophy of his moral principles: he drank often, rarely took anything seriously, and was always chasing women. He avoided trouble with the help of a defiant, aggressive charm, but he was neither a strategist nor a warrior.
Jack, nicknamed Calico for his love of Indian and Asian patterned fabrics, was a terrible sailor and a bad pirate, characterized by sudden whims and short-sighted plans, and not at all strategic thinking. He was drunk for probably half of his adult life, and had a weakness for women that overcame all basic needs, such as sleep and food. His disarming charm, dapper appearance and wit helped him a lot, but all the fun comes to an end and someone has to clean up the mess.
He became famous due to the fact that his team included two women dressed in men's clothing - Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Both were the captain's partners. Their courage and bravery made the team famous.
After marooning Charles Vane and Ed Kenway on a desert island and leaving his former captain with only a small, broken boat, Rackham wandered around the West Indies for a couple of months before returning to Nassau and accepting a royal pardon from Governor Rogers.
Soon he started an affair with someone else's wife, the charming Anne Bonny, who was 20 years younger than him. When their relationship was discovered, Anne's husband was so outraged by his wife's infidelity that he demanded that she be arrested and flogged. Rackham offered to pay for the divorce, but the husband did not want to listen.
Unable to think of anything better, Anne and Jack decided to run away and become pirates. Mary Reed, who was still pretending to be a man, joined their team. The three of them went in search of freedom, but did not go far.

Death
Four months after escaping from Nassau, authorities caught them and brought them to trial in Santiago de Vega. Jack was held in a prison in Jamaica, possibly sharing a cell with his old rival Charles Vane.
By decision of the court, Captain Rackham and almost his entire crew of 300 people were sentenced to the gallows. Before his execution, he asked to be allowed to see Anne Bonny, but she refused and instead of consolation before her death, she told her lover that he made her indignant with such a pitiful appearance. The sentence was carried out in Port Royal, Jamaica. The body was hung on display in the approaches to Port Royal on a small island now called Rackham Reef.

Bartholomew Roberts

John Roberts was his real name, a Welsh pirate, born May 17, 1682, also known as Black Bart. Fished in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Captured more than four hundred ships. He was distinguished by extravagant behavior. One of the most famous pirates in the history of piracy. Born in Haverfordwest, South Wales. Also, according to unconfirmed reports, he was the creator of the Pirate Code.

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Little is known of his early life, as there is no mention in any historical document before 1718, when he served aboard a Barbadian merchant ship. Most believe that he went to sea as a boy - about 13 years old. Just a year later, the picture of Roberts' life begins to emerge much clearer. We now know that he became a pirate under pressure from the famous Howell Davis, who captured the slave ship on which Roberts served under Captain Abraham Plumb.
In 1715, he was captured by the Templars, since he was a Sage and knew where the Observatory was located. When the Templars were attacked by the Assassins, Bartholomew tried to escape in the midst of the battle, but was captured by Edward Kenway. Later he was again taken to prison, but, under mysterious circumstances, escaped from there.

Collaboration with Edward
Bartholomew sailed to the shores of Principe, but was forced to fight the Portuguese and was soon overtaken by Edward again. Kenway wants to cooperate with Roberts and, in order to earn the Sage's trust, kills two Templars, John Cockram and Josiah Burgess. Soon Bartholomew planned the capture of the Portuguese ship Nosso Senor and vials of Templar blood. Thanks to Edward, the Sage gets everything he wanted. Bart promises to show Edward the Observatory, but first he must kill Benjamin Hornigold. Kenway completed the task and the Sage leads him to the Observatory, but, having shown the principle of its operation and taking the device, he betrays Edward, locking him inside the Observatory. Edward got out of it, but suffered a serious wound. The wounded Edward tried to kill the traitor, but lost consciousness. Bartholomew turns him over to the authorities.

Edward's visions
Edward gets drunk in a tavern after the death of Mary Read, but Roberts finds him there and begins to mock Edward. The Sage appears in almost every vision Edward has.

Death
According to the instructions of the assassins, Edward sails to Principe in order to kill the Sage, but he knew that Kenway would come for him and therefore escapes to his ship. Unfortunately for the Sage, Edward catches up with him on his ship, boards the Royal Fortune and kills Roberts.

Anne Bonney

Birth date: 1702, Ireland

Date of death: unknown

When Anne left her native Cork and went from Ireland to the overseas British colonies, it was difficult to even call her a teenager. By the age of sixteen, she was already married to Mr. Jack Bonney - a kind and strong young man in his twenties - and together with her husband went to the West Indies. The couple could hardly imagine what the future would hold for them. In April 1716, they arrived in Nassau, where Jack soon found work on a small plantation, and Anne mastered the art of idleness and daydreaming. Unfortunately, her beauty, indifference and complete disregard for the rules of behavior brought her an excess of male attention, which she had never suspected before. A year later, only one name remained from Bonnie's marriage. Jack threw himself into his work, and Anne, who* became more self-confident and surrounded herself with friends, soon found herself behind the bar at the famous Old Avery tavern in the heart of Nassau. And although in the next few years she did not have many lovers, rumor dubbed her a slut and a fidgety woman. However, there was no high society in Nassau, no one blamed or shamed the girl, and her attractiveness only grew from such rumors.

A Pirate's Life
Life in Nassau did not bring anything good to Anne, and she soon succumbed to the dubious charm of Jack Rackham, nicknamed Calico. Rackham, who had already participated from time to time in pirate adventures, turned out to be exactly the person who saved Anne from the captivity of her hateful marriage. Around the same time, Anne also became friends with Mary Reed, whose male attire failed to deceive the girl. They gradually began to get closer, simply shocking Rackham, who threatened Mary with violence for flirting with his mistress. In order not to aggravate the situation, Reed revealed her secret to him, thereby bringing Jack into genuine delight. A few months later, for reasons not entirely clear, Anne, Mary and Rackham assembled a small crew, slipped aboard a moored schooner under cover of darkness, and set off with full sail from the port of Nassau. Their plan was simple: organize a series of quick robberies, obtaining enough gold to last the rest of their lives. However, Rackham's incompetence again led to fatal consequences. Three months after leaving the port, Anne and Mary, together on the deck of their stolen schooner, already quite battered, fought off almost continuous attacks by English soldiers, while Jack and the rest of the crew were lying in the hold and could not come to your senses after a wild night of drinking. The soldiers were outnumbered, and the pirates were both pregnant at the time - Anne, most likely from Rackham, and Mary from an unnamed sailor. The girls reported this in court immediately after the judge sentenced them to death. Taking into account the fact that both of them were “pregnant”, the judge suspended the execution of the sentence until the time of birth. About 4 months later, Mary gave birth safely, but soon died in prison from an infection. As for Anne, her fate is still unknown. Neither the death certificate nor the record of the execution was preserved. It was long believed that her father saved her: having bribed the governor, he allegedly secretly took her to the English colonies in North America. But now we know what really happened. The only question is what to do with this knowledge.

Although the golden age of piracy ended more than 250 years ago, today stories about sea adventurers are no less interesting than in those days. And if then they inspired writers to create adventure novels, today films are made about brave filibusters and computer games are developed. For example, the pirate Charles Vane simultaneously became the hero of the series and was embodied in the virtual world of Assassins Creed 4.

Who is he?

The question is quite logical, since I want to know who the real sea robber Charles Vane was and what he did to deserve such attention to his person.

So, in those days, documents were rather poor, so the date of birth of this person is unknown. It is believed that this happened around 1680. No information has been preserved about his childhood and how he outlawed himself.

"Career"

For the first time, residents of the New World started talking about Charles Vane in 1716, after he and his comrades attacked Spanish ships that were raising silver from their galleons, which had recently sunk off the coast during a terrible hurricane. After a brutal massacre perpetrated by pirates, sailors from different countries began to experience horror when the brigantine Ranger appeared on the horizon, becoming the robber’s flagship.

Charles Vane knew how to make friends and choose associates, and his quartermasters at different periods were famous pirates and Edward England. The unquestioning submission of such notorious thugs only further raised the authority of the captain of the brigantine "Ranger" among adventurers of all stripes who fled to the colonies to escape the ropes awaiting them in their homeland.

When, during the so-called War of the Spanish Succession, the English fleet and its command were forced to abandon their base and fort at New Providence in the Bahamas, it was occupied by sea raiders. One of the most influential among them was Vane. For several years, his team carried out bloody attacks on merchant ships and residents of coastal cities. After three years of a successful “career,” the pirate was captured. The trial was delayed for various reasons, but in 1721 he was executed by hanging at Gallows Point in Jamaica.

Character Charles Vane: "Black Sails"

This series premiered on January 25, 2014, and continues to air in many countries to this day. Its plot is, in a sense, a prequel to the famous work of Robert Stevenson “Treasure Island”. Charles Vane is presented there as the captain and steward of the fort on the island of New Providence.

The role of the pirate was played by an American actor. Many viewers are crazy about the image of the villain he created, whom the fair sex adores.

The actor's track record mainly includes leading and supporting roles in TV series. In addition to his work in Black Sails, his performance in the soap opera Shameless earned him critical praise.

The plot of the series

The events in the pirate television saga "Black Sails" take place on the island of New Providence in 1715.

After the British left, it became a base for sea robbers of all stripes. The daughter of an important colonial official, Eleanor Guthrie, comes there from time to time and buys stolen goods from pirates for subsequent resale.

The most powerful man in New Providence is Captain Flint. He is distinguished by cruelty and cunning, as well as the ability to weave intrigue. Together with Eleanor, the pirate is developing a plan to create an independent state on the island that does not obey. To do this, Flint needs to capture a Spanish galleon carrying countless treasures. The rest of the captains of Fort New Providence, including Charles Vane, help him and sometimes even enter into violent confrontation with him. He is not inclined to always be on the sidelines, so he is waiting for an opportunity to express himself.

According to the authors of the film, some episodes of the series are based on the real “exploits” of Flint, Vane and the like. True, they were embellished somewhat and special effects were added. By the way, the work of those members of the “Black Sails” film crew who were involved in ensuring the entertainment of the series did not go unnoticed by specialists. Most notably, the film received four Emmy nominations and won two of them: Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects and Excellent Sound Editing.

Virtual hero Charles Vane

Assassins Creed 4 is a computer game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. One of its heroes is none other than the pirate Vane. The events in the game take place in the early 18th century in the West Indies. In the story, the pirate Charles Vane is captured by the British, what happens to him next depends on the player who chooses him as a member of his crew.

Now you know who the real Charles Vane is, and you can appreciate the imagination of the authors of the Black Sails series and the game Assassins Creed 4.

After what happened the other day, Jean Gesdon being The creative director of the project reported many interesting details about the future game. The main character in the story will be Edward Kenway, a pirate and assassin who was born at the end of the 17th century. His father was English and his mother was Welsh, and a few years after the birth of the child the family moved to Bristol. It was here, in the largest port city in the south of England, that Edward truly fell in love with the sea and first experienced a craving for incredible adventures...

The young man failed to achieve any significant success in life, and therefore in 1712 Kenway, leaving his wife Carolyn Scott, was recruited onto the ship of the famous privateer Benjamin Hornigold.

As you know, privateers (aka privateers or corsairs) are not simple pirates, because they could quite easily rob enemy ships (patents were even issued for this activity). However, when the Peace of Utrecht was signed (in 1713), this made life much more difficult for such people - in fact, they were left without work.

People who were accustomed to the sea and battles did not want to change their lives, and they did not know how to earn money differently. That’s why it happened that in 1715, when 11 galleons carrying gold were caught in a strong storm somewhere in the area of ​​modern Florida, the privateers turned into ordinary pirates and began to hunt the carriers of valuables.

During this period, a large pirate republic was organized in the Bahamas (in the city of Nesso). And it is not surprising that the adventures of Edward Kenway begin in 1715, in which you can take part in the process walkthroughs of the game Assassin's Creed 4.

By the time the action begins Black Flag, Edward has already become a good pirate - he mastered the profession of a sailor and learned to fight well. Moreover, his main advantage as a fighter is the ability to fight with both hands at once - Kenway can quite easily use two sabers, two pistols, or a saber and a pistol at the same time.

It is impossible to figure out at what point Edward Kenway's life brought him into contact with the Templars (at least the FAQ does not answer this question). But somehow this happened, as a result of which a new dynasty of assassins arose, and Edward became the grandfather of Connor, familiar to us from.

The game is truly grandiose - after all, in it the fascinating story of the life of a pirate-assassin develops against the backdrop of no less interesting historical events. Moreover, the developers of this product made sure that all the facts presented in the game were as reliable as possible.

In addition, the creators Black Flag promised consumers that the game would show pirates exactly as they were - without excessive romanticism or any exaggeration. Well, what came out of this is up to you and me to evaluate.

It is interesting that in the game we will have to face not only invented, but also real-life personalities - in the process of building his pirate “career” Edward Kenway meets people such as Hornigold, Charles Vane, Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham Bartholomew Roberts and Jack Sparrow (oh, no, I misspoke, there won’t be a Sparrow)).

Now let's talk about the gameplay features of the game Assassin's Creed 4. Here, first of all, it should be noted that this product is the first in a series in which maritime affairs are not inferior in importance to land ones. That is, the player will spend the same time both at sea and on land, which will undoubtedly make the game even more interesting and original.

You can surf the seas for your own pleasure in free gameplay, and to prevent this activity from becoming boring too quickly, the game developers created the so-called “horizon mode”. It allows you to use a telescope to find a wide variety of targets - merchant ships that can be attacked, ships of “colleagues” in the craft that need help, whales that can be hunted...

Also the creators Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag They promise players very special sea physics - thanks to this, controlling the Jackdaw ship will become much more convenient and interesting. In addition, the combat system will be changed - now, in order to shoot truly accurately, you will have to evaluate many parameters: the speed of your ship and the enemy ship, the distance between them, the trajectory of the cannonball, etc.

It is interesting that in the process of passing the game you will be able to well “pump up” not only the main character himself, but also his ship - some developers, in this regard, claim that in Black Flag The player will have two protagonists at his disposal - Edward Kenway and his ship "Jackdaw".

Regarding the technical component of the issue under consideration, it should be noted that games Assassin's Creed 4 is released on new platforms, which makes it even more vibrant, spectacular and interesting. So you can safely count on a decent computer version.

In the process of socializing gameplay, developers will make maximum use of high-quality next-generation consoles. Therefore, even when playing in a single company, you can still feel like you are in the company of a million like-minded people. But Desmond, surprisingly, is in the game Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag it won’t - that is, the creators of the product will still leave some kind of reminder of the existence of this character, but you won’t see him as the main character anymore.

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Edward Canway
Edward Kenway
(1693-1735)

English privateer, member of the Order of Assassins. Edward is Haytham's father, Connor's grandfather, and Desmond Miles' ancestor (possibly on his mother's side?).
Edward is a brash young Welshman. He is charismatic and smart, but very reckless, which practically becomes his pathology. He is kind, but rather selfish, and has a habit of acting first and then judging the consequences. Finally, he is heavily addicted to alcohol, which causes great harm to his health.
In his youth, Edward's family moved to Bristol, located in the south of England, where Edward soon married a girl named Caroline Scott. And although they experienced nothing but marital bliss for a while, Carolyn quickly grew tired of Edward's inability to find a stable job and take his responsibilities as a husband seriously. Edward's idea of ​​becoming a pirate and trying his luck in finding gold completely ruined a good marriage. Caroline soon left Edward for her wealthy family, and he, in turn, set off in pursuit of adventure, and already in 1712 boarded a ship to Jamaica. Edward later became a member of the crew of the famous sailor Benjamin Hornigold, and remained with him for another 6 months.
Edward was married twice. His first wife, Caroline Scott, gave him a daughter, Jenny. Edward married Tessa Stevenson-Oakley for the second time. Thanks to her connections in aristocratic circles, the Canway family managed to purchase the Queen Anne's Square estate in London.
In 1725, a second child was born - a boy, who was named Haytham. Edward tried to raise his son according to all the rules and foundations of the Order of Assassins; taught various fighting techniques and encouraged his son’s passion for the art of wielding bladed weapons and firearms. And this despite the fact that Haytham was only 6 years old at that time! He also tried to teach his son to defend his point of view and remain calm in conflict situations.
On Haytham's eighth birthday, the Canway family were returning home from a chocolate shop located on Chesterfield Street. Several people came out to meet them with weapons in their hands and demanded that they give up the necklace that Tessa was wearing. Reginald Birch, Edward's friend, who accompanied the family that evening, threatened the robbers with violence. But Edward stopped him and gave his wife’s necklace to the robbers, who immediately disappeared into a nearby alley. Returning home, Edward asked his son what he would do in this situation, was it necessary to give the scoundrels freedom? Haytham replied that at first, he would have dealt with them without any regret, but after thinking it over, he would have acted the same as his father - he would have shown mercy. That evening, Haytham was presented with perhaps the most important gift of his life - his father gave him a sparkling and deadly weapon - a short sword.
A few days later, Reginald Birch appeared at Edward's house. The men discussed something for a long time and this discussion ultimately resulted in an argument, and then a scandal. Birch left the estate, clearly not achieving the results he needed...
On December 3, 1735, the Kenway family home was surrounded by masked men. The attackers cold-bloodedly killed several servants and kidnapped Jenny, Haytham's older sister. And the owner of the estate - Edward - was driven into a corner in one of the rooms and, after a long resistance, was killed...

Benjamin Hornigold
Benjamin Hornigold
(??? – 1719)

An 18th-century pirate who later defected to the English authorities.
Hornihold was born in the north of England in the small town of Norfolk. Almost nothing is known about this person’s childhood and adolescence. The only thing that can be said is that Benjamin, like many of his compatriots, was attracted by the prospect of a new, happier life in the colonies of the New World. And the key to this prospect, as a rule, was either royal service or a navigator’s career. Hornigold chose the latter option.
At the beginning of his career, he sailed on ships that were assigned to the English ports of King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth, and according to chronicles, his main work was transporting especially important cargo and escorting caravans. But the War of the Spanish Succession, which changed the lives of many people, did not bypass Hornigold either - he decided to exercise the right to attack all enemies of England and, having received a privateering patent, went to the shores of the American colonies. His then first mate Edward Teach, a very talented and experienced sailor with a reputation as a desperate man, also set sail with him.
After the end of the war, when many privateers turned into ordinary sea robbers, Hornigold in 1715 acquired not only the status of a pirate captain, but also a new ship called the Ranger, and placed his old sloop under the command of Teach. Thus, he formed his own small squadron. The chances of a successful robbery increased and soon he managed to capture and plunder a caravan of 3 large ships filled with valuable cargo. He also dared to attack the ship of the governor of South Carolina, which was sent to the Bahamas to hunt pirates. The ship managed to escape, but, as you know, fear has big eyes - after this attack, rumors spread throughout the colonies that Hornigold's squadron already had 5 well-armed ships, and the total number of the crew would allow him to attack any settlement that did not have proper protection.
Also in 1717, Hornigold and Teach managed to capture a slave trading ship called La Concorde, which became the most powerful ship in their squadron.
One way or another, Hornigold became famous and acquired a reputation as a successful pirate. But his selectivity in choosing a target damaged his reputation among members of his own team - trying not to attack ships sailing under the English flag, Hornigold made enemies for himself, who demanded to attack any ship of the crew’s choice. Having refused, in November 1717 Hornigold provoked a riot with his decision and was removed from the post of captain. Teach at that moment was already acting independently and, having learned about the riot, according to one version, did not take any action; according to another, more similar to the truth, he was the initiator of the riot and, as a guarantee of Hornigold’s life, demanded a ransom - the ship La Concorde. Hornigold agreed to the conditions of the rebels and, taking the helm of his old sloop, went to the shores of Nassau, where he pirated until 1718. When a decree was issued pardoning all the pirates, Hornigold went to Jamaica and, recognizing the authority of the king, under the patronage of the governor of the Bahamas, Woods Rogers, began to hunt for his former “brothers in arms.” Among his targets was Edward Teach.
Benjamin Hornigold died in 1719. According to the official version, his ship was caught in a strong hurricane and washed up on reefs not marked on the map. Some members of the crew managed to escape and, according to them, they saw the lifeless body of the captain on one of the rocks.

Edward Teach "Blackbeard"
Edward Teach
(1680 – 1718)

A former Royal Navy sailor, he later became one of the most famous pirates in history.
Edward's real name is Drummond, and Teach (from the English “teach”, to teach) is a nickname that, according to legend, he received because of teaching maritime affairs at the British Academy.
Edward's birthplace is controversial - according to some sources it is the city of Bristol, according to others London. There is evidence that his homeland is Jamaica, the archival data of which mentions a certain Edward Drummond, who came from a noble family of landowners. But, one way or another, Teach’s childhood and youth ended very quickly and at the age of 12, he was enlisted as a cabin boy on one of the ships of the Royal Navy. Having gained experience, he joined the crew of the English privateer Benjamin Hornigold and received his first serious position there - he became the first mate. After the end of the war, from 1715, along with Hornigold, he began piracy in the Caribbean Sea. Having participated in a number of attacks on trade caravans and demonstrating his skills as a fighter and strategist, Teach received his first ship - a small sloop, which, nevertheless, was very fast. As part of Hornigold's squadron, and then independently, he robbed mainly French and Spanish ships. He used Jamaica, Virginia and North Carolina as a place to sell the loot. The last settlement became his main rear base.
The beginning of his pirate fame is associated with the attack in 1717 on the slave ship La Concorde, which was heading to Martinique. By that time, Tich's gang consisted of about 150 crew members and 2 ships with 20 guns on board. The Hornigold-Teach tandem began to show “cracks,” as it became clear that Teach was not inferior to his captain either in the ability to rob or in the ability to manage the robbery process. That same year, Hornigold was removed from office and Teach was apparently unanimously chosen as the new captain. As an additional “prize,” the ship “La Concorde,” the flagship of the pirate squadron, also went to Teach. The interior of the ship was redone, new cannons were added, the sailing equipment was strengthened, and most importantly, the ship changed its old nickname to a name that later became legendary - the ship became known as “Queen Anne’s Revenge.”
In 1718, a royal decree was issued pardoning all pirates who voluntarily laid down their arms. Teach, who had previously collaborated with the colonial authorities, this time refused the opportunity to start the life of a law-abiding privateer and, as confirmation of his intentions, raised the Black Flag over his flagship - thereby, he finally put himself outside the law.
He robbed all oncoming ships in the Lesser Antilles, off the coast of Hispaniola, in the Gulf of Honduras. He was a tough, but not cruel pirate, sparing those who surrendered voluntarily. But the horror and fear that he inspired by his mere appearance - the smoking fuses in his beard, pistols, bombs on his belt and a devilish grin on his face - these factors included Teach among the ranks of the most terrible and dangerous robbers. Thanks to the captured ships, Blackbeard's squadron gradually turned into a real fleet, the number of the crew exceeded 300 people. Teach was not only hunting for merchants. He was not afraid to get into a “fight” with well-armed warships; near the coast of Barbados, Tich's ship entered into battle with the warship Scarborough. In terms of firepower, the enemy ship was superior to Tich's forces, but in terms of the number of sailors, the advantage was on the side of "Blackbeard". The battle was quite long and as a result, Scarborough had to flee. It was after this incident that Teach finally gained the reputation of the most daring “gentleman of fortune.”
Moving along the coast of Cuba, passing the Bahamas, Queen Anne's Revenge, accompanied by three ships, reached the coast of North America. In May 1718, near the city of Charlestown, Teach set up an ambush and within just 3 days, his squadron was immediately replenished with 9 new ships. Having taken the wealthiest passengers hostage, the pirates sent messengers to the city demanding a ransom. The Charlestown authorities had no choice but to accept the robbers' conditions. Teach, even by today's standards, received a rather impressive amount of gold and a large amount of medicine and headed back to his main base in North Carolina. The blockade of Charlestown was the crowning achievement of his pirate career.
In 1718, a reward was placed on Teach's head - 100 English pounds for dead or alive. The governor of Virginia - a colony that in some sense owes its rich and varied market to Teach - it was Governor Alexander Spotswood who initiated the capture and conviction of Teach. A special expedition was equipped with only 2 sloops, but with a large numerical superiority of the crew. Lieutenant Robert Maynard was appointed commander of the operation.
On November 22, 1718, near Ocracoke Island, several of Teach's ships were in a roadstead in one of the bays. According to the authorities, most of the crew were either on other ships or on land, and the pirates were simply relaxing in Ocracoke Bay. At night, a punitive expedition on oars approached Tich's ship so that at dawn they would unexpectedly attack the “half-drunk” sailors and their no less drunken captain. The idea of ​​a surprise attack, oddly enough, was a success; Teach, seeing the enemy ships, instead of trying to hide from the superior enemy forces, he began to maneuver and fire from cannons, trying to simply sink the enemies. He disabled one sloop, but during the maneuver, his bottom caught on the shoal and thereby reduced all speed. Maynard took advantage of this delay and, getting close to Teach’s ship, forced a boarding battle on it. Teach fought with 10 opponents at once, and before he was finished off, he sent a total of about 20 people to the next world. After Teach gave up the ghost, 5 bullet and 20 stab wounds were counted in his body. Teach's head was taken to Virginia as proof of victory, and his body was thrown into the sea. The captured sailors from Tich's ships were tried and executed by hanging.
Teach's career as a pirate was short but colorful. Many legends are associated with his name, including legends about treasures. He is the one who is still remembered and his life is a series of contradictory facts.
"Blackbeard" is a pirate brand and one of the symbols of the Golden Age of maritime robbery.

Charles Vane
Charles Vane
(1680 – 1721)

A pirate of English origin, he became famous for his extreme cruelty. He chose the colony of New Providence, in the Bahamas, as his base and place of sale of the loot.
He began his pirate career in 1716. In the company of his accomplice Henry Jennings, he attacked a Spanish rescue convoy that was lifting a cargo of silver from a sunken galleon off the coast of Florida. Then, in 1718, he attacked a British squadron in the area of ​​Bermuda. The surviving crew members managed to reach the governor of Bermuda. During a personal audience, they spoke of the extreme cruelty of the leader of the attacking pirates: “Vane hung one of the prisoners on the yards and then cut him down in cold blood with a cutlass. A few hours later, having boarded Captain North’s ship, he tied one of the prisoners to the bowsprit and stuck the barrel of a pistol in his mouth, demanding to reveal the secret of the location of the ship’s cash register...”
In the summer of 1718, Vane's team, after another sortie, rested in New Providence Bay. Imagine their surprise when they saw a squadron of English ships right in front of their noses. A punitive expedition was sent to the Bahamas with a special mission - the islands were to be cleared of pirates, and anyone who did not obey the amnesty law would face trial and immediate execution. The operation was led by the new governor of the Bahamas, Woods Rogers. Vane, like other pirate captains, was sent a letter demanding that they lay down their arms and recognize the king’s authority. Vane replied that he would agree to the terms if he was allowed to sell all the stolen goods and if all the property he owned was not confiscated. Rogers responded to such insolence by blockading the harbor of Nassau, the main pirate base of that time. That same night, a strong fire started in the port. As it later turned out, Vane set fire to one of his ships and, thanks to this distracting maneuver, escaped from the royal squadron with all his trophies.
Vane's team robbed everyone they came across along the trade route connecting England and the American colonies. During one of the attacks, Vane met Yeats, a sailor from one of the captured ships. Yeats went over to Vane's side and after some time became his companion. Vane treated his new accomplice and his small team with disdain. By this he provoked Yeats to revolt, after which the latter left Vane’s squadron and fled in the direction of Charleston.
In September of the same year, in the bay of Ocracoke Island, Wayne met Edward Teach. Vane's ship fired a blank salvo from all guns, greeting Blackbeard's squadron. Teach responded with the same artillery salute and both captains celebrated their meeting for several days according to all pirate rules and customs.
Vane's reputation among his crew was tarnished after an incident with a French ship off the coast of Cuba. Seeing sails on the horizon, Vane ordered a warning salvo to be fired towards the unfamiliar ship. By this action, he tried to force the enemy to surrender and seize the cargo carried in the holds without a fight. But the ship, mistakenly taken for a merchant, turned out to be a French warship, which turned towards Vane and fired a full broadside. Wayne, instead of fighting, chose to hide. The day after this escape, Vane's team demanded an explanation. Most of the sailors believed that even though the enemy outgunned them, in a boarding battle the chances of victory were on their side. Wayne fundamentally disagreed with this and, in the end, he was recognized as a coward and removed from office. He was allowed to take one of the sloops, recruit a crew from his few supporters and go where he pleased. Wayne set course for the shores of Jamaica.
In 1719, Vane's ship was caught in a severe storm. Most of the team died, but Vane himself miraculously escaped. He was thrown onto one of the uninhabited islands near the Gulf of Honduras. He lived the life of a Robinson for several weeks until he was picked up by a ship resupplying the island with fresh water. Nobody knew Vane on the ship, and this allowed him to be hired as a sailor on the crew of the rescue ship. But as fate would have it, on one of the voyages the captain of the ship on which Vane was sailing met an old comrade, a certain Holford, who had personally known Vane in the past and knew what Vane was doing. By agreement of the captains, Vane was transported as a prisoner to Holford's ship, taken to Jamaica and handed over to Governor Nicholas Lousos. On March 22, 1720, Vane was tried and executed by hanging at Gallows Point, Port Royal, on the same day.

Anne Bonney
Anne Bonny
(1700 – 1782)

One of the most famous female pirates.
Anne Cormack (this is her maiden name) was born in Ireland, in the small port town of Cork. Her father was a “mediocre” lawyer. Anne was an illegitimate child with unenviable prospects. However, Ann’s father never denied his extramarital affair and soon, due to his wife’s jealousy, he lost almost all of his clientele. Without waiting for the sad outcome of his life, he took Ann, her servant mother, and went overseas to South Carolina. There, thanks to his legal education and quite a wealth of work experience, William Cormack became the owner of one of the largest plantations in the region. And his beloved daughter turned from an illegitimate daughter into an heir to a large fortune and received the best education for those times. As was then expected, a suitable match was sought for Anne among the sons of planters and colonial aristocrats. But Anne, because of her tough temper and wayward character, destroyed all her father’s dreams about her future - she married an ordinary sailor James Bonney, who did not have an extra penny in his pocket. The angry father began to pursue the young couple and the Bonnie couple had to hide in various places until they reached the island of New Providence.
There Anne left her husband and quickly became involved with a large planter, Childie Bayard. The rich man was so fascinated by the daring beauty that he did not skimp on the substantial ransom that Anne needed because of the incident with the death of the cousin of the governor of Jamaica. It was rumored that Anne participated in this crime, but a wealthy patron quickly saved her from inevitable punishment.
In May 1719, in one of the taverns, Anne met a certain John Rackham. The new acquaintance began to actively court Bonnie and soon Ann, disguised as a man, followed him into the sea. After some time, Anne found out that Rackham was a pirate and that she was expecting a child from this pirate. When the time came to give birth, John dropped off his girlfriend in Cuba and ordered his people to protect mother and child in every possible way from anything that could harm them. However, life on the ship was not in vain; the child was born with congenital defects and died soon after birth. Anne, in order to quickly forget about it, returned to the ship to Rackham.
When the pirate amnesty law was passed, Rackham voluntarily surrendered his arms and entered the service of the governor of the Bahamas, Woods Rogers. But service for the benefit of the crown ended very quickly - the team rebelled against Rogers, and Rogers himself suspected Rackham and Bonnie of organizing the rebellion. Rogers, under threat of execution, ordered Rackham to whip his girlfriend, which he did. The facts of such a contemptuous attitude caused the couple to actually rebel and forget about their oath to the authorities of England. They became pirates again.
Anne Bonny and John Rackham were outlaws, robbed all the merchant ships they met, sold the loot in smugglers' coves, in general, lived an ordinary pirate life and simply enjoyed each other as much as possible. And by chance, a ship appeared on the way of their gang, which changed the way of their free life; Almost the entire crew of the ship surrendered without a fight, and the only sailor who resisted was Mary Read, a woman dressed as a man. Ann, who did not know about Reed’s secret, fell madly in love with a handsome and handsome young man and Mary had to reveal her secret so as not to bring matters to disaster. A very strong friendship and trusting relationship was established between the women; they were similar in many ways and both had a similar fate. But Rackham, seeing the close communication of his friend with the new sailor, became jealous of Anne and decided to get rid of his rival. Anne, having learned about this, revealed her friend’s secret to Rackham and the three of them soon began to cohabit and pirate.
Despite the fact that a reward was assigned for their capture, they managed to bypass the patrol routes of warships for quite a long time. But ultimately, the gang was caught by order of the governor of the Bahamas in October 1720.
All three were put on trial and all three faced the death penalty. Before going to the gallows, Rackham was allowed to see Anne one last time. It is not known what he expected from his girlfriend, but he received nothing except a phrase that became a catchphrase. Bonnie, seeing her doomed lover in shackles, said instead of parting words: “If you had fought like a man, you wouldn’t have been hanged like a dog!” Such was her feminine nature...
Anne Bonny escaped the death penalty due to another pregnancy. The further fate of this dashing female pirate remains unknown. There are several versions regarding Bonnie's future life. According to some sources, she again contacted the pirates and died in one of the boarding battles. According to another version, she was ransomed by her family and forgiven by her father, who returned all inheritance rights to her. This paternal forgiveness allowed Bonnie to live to a ripe old age.

Jack Rackham (Calico Jack)
Jack Rackham
(1682 – 1721)

Jack Rackham is one of the few famous pirates whose homeland is the West Indies. He was born in Jamaica at a time when Port Royal was a real den of robbers. Most likely, this explains the atrophy of his moral principles: he drank often, rarely took anything seriously, and was always chasing women. He avoided trouble with the help of his defiant, aggressive charm, but he was neither a strategist nor a warrior.

Jack, nicknamed Calico for his love of Indian and Asian patterned fabrics, was a terrible sailor and a bad pirate, characterized by sudden whims and short-sighted plans, and not at all strategic thinking. He was drunk for probably half of his adult life, and had a weakness for women that overcame all basic needs, such as sleep and food. His disarming charm, dashing appearance and wit helped him a lot, but all the fun comes to an end and someone has to clean up the mess.

Having marooned Charles Vane on a desert island and leaving his former captain only a small, broken boat, Rackham wandered around the West Indies for a couple of months, and then returned to Nassau and accepted a royal pardon from Governor Rogers. What pulled him back - boredom? Or the location of the lady you are interested in?

It is quite possible that the second one: he soon started an affair with someone else’s wife, the charming Anne Bonny, who was 20 years younger than him. When their relationship was discovered, Anne's husband was so outraged by his wife's infidelity that he demanded that she be arrested and flogged. Rackham offered to pay for the divorce, but the husband did not want to listen.

Unable to think of anything better, Anne and Jack decided to run away and become pirates. Mary Reed, who was still pretending to be a man, joined their team. The three of them went in search of freedom, but did not go far. Four months after escaping from Nassau, authorities caught them and put them on trial. Jack was held in a prison in Jamaica, possibly sharing a cell with his old rival Charles Vane.

A few weeks later he was hanged and his body was hung on display in the approaches to Port Royal on a small island now called Rackham Reef.

Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart)
Black Bart
(1682 – 1722)

Little is known about John Roberts, a native of Wales - this was the real name of the man who would later become famous as Black Bart, and whose fame would outlive himself for many centuries.

Most believe that he went to sea at a very young age - about 13 - but there is no mention of him in any historical document until 1718, when he served aboard a Barbadian merchant ship. Just a year later, the picture of Roberts' life begins to emerge much clearer. We now know that he became a pirate under pressure from the famous Howell Davis, who captured the slave ship on which Roberts served under Captain Abraham Plumb.

Although Roberts had not thought about piracy until that time, when such an opportunity presented itself, he, as eyewitnesses say, declared: “A cheerful, but short life - that will be my motto!”

A few months later, Davis was ambushed on the Portuguese island of Principe and killed. Roberts was quickly and unanimously elected captain. This clearly indicated natural charm and leadership qualities, since Roberts had only been a pirate for a few months. It was then that he took the name Bartholomew, most likely in honor of the famous pirate Bartholomew Sharpe, who disappeared just a couple of decades earlier.

Roberts, one of the smartest pirates of the Golden Age, was a talented strategist. He had a strong build, was good-looking and knew how to dress impressively. He carried himself simply but with dignity, and his black hair went well with the dark tan he had acquired from twenty years of sailing the seas. He often carried several pistols with him on long silk slings over his shoulder.

His tactical ideas seemed radical, but were carefully considered. He never acted hastily, although his plans often seemed suicidal to those unfamiliar with his methods. Capturing about 400 ships in 3 years, he outnumbered other pirates of his era by 10 or more times, although it should be noted that at least half of his booty were small vessels like periaguas or canoes.

Roberts's biggest gamble was the theft of a heavily laden treasury ship, which he stole from under the noses of an armed flotilla of 42 moored Portuguese ships. As the story goes, Roberts raised a false flag, swam between the anchored ships and found an officer, whom he took hostage. Threatening him, he asked where the most valuable ship was. When the young man pointed at him, Roberts swam there, silently captured and went to sea, and the other 40 ships did not even understand what had happened.

Roberts did not condemn slavery, but the Africans who served under him were free. However, he did engage in the slave trade from time to time when he needed funds, and infamously once burned a slave ship with 80 shackled slaves in the hold, simply because he was being chased and there was no one on board his own slave ship. there was room.

Shortly after this incident, English authorities caught up with Roberts off the west coast of Africa, not far from where he began his captain's career. Ambushed by those who wanted to see him dead, Roberts put on his best suit and walked onto the deck of the ship, right under a hail of shells and grapeshot. One of the volleys tore Roberts' throat. He sank to the deck, leaning against the cannon, and bled quietly to death. His team, thinking that he was resting, began to be indignant - but they soon realized what had happened. Realizing that Roberts was dead, they picked up his body and threw it into the ocean, burying him with honor, like a sailor, and not giving the British the opportunity to take his body home and expose it to public reproach. And so, with a quiet splash, the noisy life of the daring and dashing Bartholomew Roberts, nicknamed Black Bart, ended.