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.

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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2026

RAC fort at Bunce Island in Pirate History

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 Just a note: Comparing an 18th-century map of Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone River in West Africa with a modern Google Maps image, you ca...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Declaration of Surgeon Jean Rousseau

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 Declaration of Surgeon Jean Rousseau 6-gun, 63-man Sea King under Saint-Malo’s Montigny La Palisse - tied to history of Bartholomew Robert...

Letter of William Hamilton to M. de la Verenne Concerning Pirates

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Antoine d'Arcy, Lord of La Varenne, born around 1656 and died in Toulon on March 27, 1732, was a French naval officer and colonial admin...

Letter from Robert Lowther to M. de la Varenne at Martinique Concerning Pirates

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Antoine d'Arcy, Lord of La Varenne, born around 1656 and died in Toulon on March 27, 1732, was a French naval officer and colonial admin...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Excerpt from "Blackbeard is Not My Name!"

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  Excerpt from Blackbeard is Not My Name! , The Private Journal of Edward Thache : A dra...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Early MAGA: Rev. Richard Roach in the Cary Rebellion

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 Excerpt from Defining North Carolina: a Political Sketch and Biography of Surveyor-General Edward Moseley , by Baylus C. Brooks: p. 295-299...
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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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