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, February 17, 2013

William Maule of Scotland: Eighteenth-Century Surveyor-General of "Mutinous" North Carolina

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Title: "This Plane as here delineated and Layed Out represents the Island of Roan-Oak in North Carolina Containing Twelve Thousand A...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Early North Carolina Surveys - Hatteras Island

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The Tuscarora War in North Carolina from 1711-1715 was a hellish affair for many European colonists. Indians attacked without warning, some...

Sunday, October 07, 2012

Bridges of Seal Cove, Tremont, Maine

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This past summer, I took a train to Maine... mainly through the plain. Sorry... couldn't resist. Anyway, I did go to Maine. I was ...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Does Your Lost Colony Theory Rely upon a Map Mistake made in 1671?

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Just a quick thought about all of those theories about the Lost Colony of Roanoke... You can't necessarily use old maps showing "...

Monday, August 13, 2012

Apalachee: Lost and Found

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Henry Popple, A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto , 1733. Showing the origin...

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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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