Graveyard of the Atlantic then drive his ship ashore following the false light. The first recorded shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina was in the early 16th century. This wreck was reported in 1526, off the mouth of Cape Fear River. The large numbers of explorers who came to the area in subsequent years had to travel through the rough waters to get to the coast of North Carolina. In June 1718, Edward Teach — better known as Blackbeard the pirate — ran his flagship, the "Queen Anne's Revenge", aground near present-day Beaufort Inlet, NC. Thirty two years later, in August 1750, at
Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate Béatrice Martin (; born September 22, 1989), better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate (; French for "Pirate's Heart"), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist. A francophone from Montreal, she sings mostly in French and has been credited with "bringing "la chanson française" to a whole new generation of Quebec youth". Born in the province of Quebec, Martin started playing the piano when she was only three years old. She entered the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal at age nine and studied there for five years. At age 15, she played as a