B.C. Brooks: A Writer's Hiding Place

Baylus C. Brooks is a professional research and maritime historian, genealogist, and writer living in North Florida. Writes for Poseidon Historical Research & Publishing. Author of Quest for Blackbeard, Sailing East, and Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, all now from online stores! All posts are the opinions of the author unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Introduction to Primary Sources and Their Use: Analysis of Depositions - John Vickers (bef. 28 May 1716)

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Depositions are legal documents taken to investigate a legal matter. It's the same as an interrogation. That does not mean, however, eac...

Thursday, April 18, 2024

M. I. Guet on Pirates at Bourbon Island 1721

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LES ORIGINES DE L'ILE BOURBON ET DE LA COLONISATION FRANÇAISE A MADAGASCAR or THE ORIGINS OF BOURBON ISLAND AND FRENCH COLONIZATION IN ...

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Two Depositions Relating to the Capture of La Concorde by Edward Thache - the Vessel Renamed Queen Anne's Revenge

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Presumed to resemble La Concorde or Queen Anne's Revenge APPENDIX VI: April 27, 1718. The Concorde of Names taken and plundered by p...

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Introduction to "Defining North Carolina" or How Historians Have Often Failed Us!

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[In the Galaxy Magazine]: I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only nee...

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Baylus C. Brooks: Brooks is a maritime historian, writer, author, and genealogist living in North Florida. Brooks studies maritime & colonial history, also archaeological and paper conservation, drawing upon a love of both science and history. His focus is North Carolina history and, of course, pirates! Brooks published a variety of books, including the historical fiction novel, Heirloom: Fountain of Hope, a time-travel adventure based in St. Augustine, Florida. He also published non-fiction such as Pirates & Slaves, Captain James Wimble, Brunswick Town & Wilmington. He has published twice in the North Carolina Historical Review, one of the articles being republished as a pamphlet by North Carolina Historical Publications as "Blackbeard Reconsidered: Mist's Piracy, Thache's Genealogy." He is currently working on a 600+ paged book re-evaluating the life of Edward Thache, titled "Quest for Blackbeard," to be announced this summer!

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