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'''Edward Thatch''' (c. 1680 – 1718), more commonly known by the alias '''Blackbeard''', was an infamous pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, on the ship named ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.   
'''Edward Thatch'''<ref name="Edward Thatch">[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/316277443885412354 ''Darby McDevitt comments on Blackbeard's true name'']</ref> name (c. 1680 – 1718), more commonly known by the alias '''Blackbeard''', was an infamous pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, on the ship named ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.   


Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.<ref name="OutsideXBox">[http://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2013-03-04-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-creative-director-speaks OutsideXBox: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Creative Director Speaks'']</ref>
Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.<ref name="OutsideXBox">[http://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2013-03-04-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-creative-director-speaks OutsideXBox: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Creative Director Speaks'']</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated that Edward Thatch would be used in favor of the more common Edward Teach when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref name="Twitter">[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/316277443885412354 ''Darby McDevitt comments on Blackbeard's true name'']</ref>
*Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated on his Twitter that the developer's would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref="Edward Thatch" />
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Edward Thatch[1] name (c. 1680 – 1718), more commonly known by the alias Blackbeard, was an infamous pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, on the ship named Queen Anne's Revenge.

Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.[2]

Trivia

  • Lead Writer Darby McDevitt stated on his Twitter that the developer's would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.<ref="Edward Thatch" />

Reference