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Robert Maynard

British naval officer
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  • Blackbeard
    Blackbeard

    …British naval force under Lieutenant Robert Maynard, who, after a hard fight, succeeded in killing Blackbeard. The pirate’s body was decapitated, and his head was affixed to the end of the bowsprit of his ship.

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    …British naval force under Lieutenant Robert Maynard, who, after a hard fight, succeeded in killing Blackbeard. The pirate’s body was decapitated, and his head was affixed to the end of the bowsprit of his ship.

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  • The Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck
    Queen Anne’s Revenge
    / The sinking of Queen Anne’s Revenge

    …forces led by Royal Navy Lieut. Robert Maynard. The so-called Battle at Ocracoke ended with several pirates, including Blackbeard, killed—and Maynard going ashore with the trophy of Blackbeard’s severed head.

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    …forces led by Royal Navy Lieut. Robert Maynard. The so-called Battle at Ocracoke ended with several pirates, including Blackbeard, killed—and Maynard going ashore with the trophy of Blackbeard’s severed head.

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