701250 Blackbeard the Pirate (woodcut) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Teach (c. 1680 ??22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. Although little is known about his early life, he was likely born in Bristol, England. ); Peter Newark Pictures; English, out of copyright.