what did Blackbeard read

[cw0909]

Edward Cooke's 1712 travelogue and adventure tale.
that tale inspired [FONT=&quot]the novel "Robinson Crusoe."

https://www.livescience.com/61351-blackbeard-pirate-book-fragments.html

https://www.qaronline.org/conservation/artifacts
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Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

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"so you bought a boat"
by Yule B. Salen

 

[cw0909]

any pirate worth his/her salt, would prob have
edward cooke books in their library, just glanced
at these 2 @ archive, looks interesting
https://archive.org/stream/voyagetosouthsea01cook#page/n11/mode/thumb

https://archive.org/stream/voyagetosouthsea02cook#page/n11/mode/thumb

list of books
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/507901.Edward_Cooke