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
Evan Jones (pirate) with Culliford as well as under a number of other Madagascar-based pirate captains. As a New York alderman years later, Cruger remembered his ordeal with Jones’ pirates. Captain Peter Solgard of the "HMS Greyhound" engaged pirates Edward Low and Charles Harris off Delaware Bay in 1723, mauling Low’s ship and driving him off while capturing Harris after a lengthy battle. Cruger was among the aldermen who rewarded Solgard for his bravery. Evan Jones (pirate) Evan Jones (fl 1698-1699, first name occasionally Achen) was a Welsh-born pirate from New York active in the Indian Ocean, best known for his indirect connection