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.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Bahamas Shipping Records 1721-1725

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In fishing about the Bahamas shipping records 1721-1725 - did you catch the pun, there? - I came across some familiar names of characters i...
Friday, July 09, 2021

An Unwelcome Visit from Pirates!

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  Defense and Cassandra with tender attack Fort Lijdzaamheid on Rio Delagoa (Southeast Africa) circa 30 April 1722     Occupation of Fort Li...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

"Capt. Charles Johnson" was indeed Nathaniel Mist

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  Stationers' Company Archive, London, Entries of Copies, 28 April 1710 to 25 September 1746, p. 317. About the author of A General His...
Monday, April 05, 2021

Who was Pirate Jasper Seager and Did he Use an Alias?

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These details reference those pirates involved in the taking of Cassandra, an East India Company vessel under the command of James Macrae in...
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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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