Blackbeard the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in the 2003 adventure film, "". Blackbeard is also portrayed as a central character in two recent TV series. In the short lived Crossbones (2014) he is played by John Malkovich. The British actor Ray Stevenson plays him in season three and four of Black Sails (2016–2017). Notes Citations Bibliography Blackbeard Edward Teach or Edward Thatch ( – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may
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