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, December 04, 2016

Commonwealth of Pyrate's First Revolution

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Read the quote above one more time. Those few words carry great meaning and may have been Capt. Charles Johnson's (pseudonym for Nath...

Friday, November 11, 2016

Pirates have Always Won in America!

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Queen Anne's Revenge by PirateoftheCaribbean on DeviantART #Blackbeard was a #pirate, possibly a privateer, but first, he was a Stua...

Sunday, October 02, 2016

French Pirate Jean Martel: Deception in "A General History"

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Hispaniola and Puerto Rico on the 1729 Keulen Map of the Caribbean John "James" Martel from A General History Jean M...

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Nathaniel Mist's Piracy!

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Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World is not your usual pirate history - because it does not accept the nar...

Friday, September 16, 2016

A Fraudulent History of the Pyrates Revised!

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For 300 years, a single narrative of the pirates of the Golden Age has survived beyond all sense and reason because of its popularity. It ...

Friday, August 26, 2016

Ashworths of Liverpool and Jamaica!

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Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas St Nick's or The Sailors' Church Continuing to tell the story of piracy and America f...

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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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