In 1717 & 1718 this pirate terrorized the southeastern coast in his ship the Queen Anne's Revenge
In June 1718, Blackbeard deliberately ran the ship aground in Beaufort 
Inlet, ... pirate Black Sam Bellamy, was lost on a stormy night in 1717 off the 
coast of ..... and lots more are found on the other out islands of the southern 
Bahamas.