MWOG Endorses Edward Teach Event Cache
RickOnTheRange: Thank you to everyone who volunteered to join our Pirate crew.
Awesome start to the Summer Souvenir series.
Happy Hunting
MWOG Endorses Edward Teach
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Sunday, July 16, 2017
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The lost treasure of Mary Hyde Souvenir Challenge
Come join us for a Meet & Greet Event
According to our friends at Geocaching HQ
Mary Hyde was the fiercest pirate !
The Geocaching Blog is quoted as follows ;
Spanning the globe and the seven seas, we introduce you to the infamous Captain Mary Hyde. Her ship, The Golden Cache, was the fiercest, and the bearded buccaneers and sea legged sailors reported to her. Legend has it that she ruled the high seas for many years, and found no shortage of riches throughout her reign. Avast ye! Join us for a swashbuckling geocaching adventure through daring feats and stormy seas. Make yer way through a four week souvenir journey to find the lost treasure of Mary Hyde. Up to six digital souvenir moments are up for grabs, and on Geocaching.com is something new to be had… July 15-16 – Build your crew by attending or hosting an event and earn a souvenir. The more friends you have on Geocaching.com, the easier it will be to keep sailing on…
However...
We at the WMOG won't accept this "Revisionist" history, because we know...
Blackbeard
was the Fiercest, most Awesome Pirate of all time.
Let's get together and discuss True Pirate history and facts
Edward Teach was born into a respectable, wealthy family in Bristol, England in 1680. He served in the Royal Navy aboard HMS Windsor in 1706, and then as a privateer during the rest of Queen Anne's War (1701 - 1714). At the war's conclusion, he turned to piracy and served an apprenticeship under Benjamin Hornigold before becoming a pirate captain in his own right. His cognomen was derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance, and he was reported to have tied lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies.
Blackbeard's piratical career ended on November 22nd, 1718 at Ocracoke Inlet on the North Carolina coast. There he encountered an armed contingent sent by Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood and led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. In a desperate battle aboard Maynard's sloop, Blackbeard and a number of his fellow pirates were killed. Maynard returned to Virginia with the surviving pirates and the grim trophy of Blackbeard's severed head hanging from the sloop's bowsprit.
A MWOG event open to everyone
We will also have a chance to talk about :
Queen Anne's Revenge
Launched in England as a merchant vessel in 1710 the 200-ton frigate, originally named Concord was captured by France in 1711. The French renamed her La Concorde de Nantes and used her as a slave ship for 3 voyages across the Atlantic.
Late in the fall of 1717, off the island of Martinique, Blackbeard and his fellow pirates captured the La Concorde and took her to the island of Bequia in the Grenadines where the French crew and the enslaved Africans were put ashore, and she was refitted as a war ship with 40 canons. After reeking havoc from Delaware to Honduras for many months, Blackbeard attempted to enter Old Topsail Inlet in North Carolina, now known as Beaufort Inlet. During that attempt on the 10th of June 1718, Queen Anne's Revenge grounded on an ocean sand bar and was abandoned.
A private research firm discovered the wreck of Queen Anne’s Revenge on November 21, 1996. The shipwreck lies in 28 feet (8.5m) of water about one mile (1.6 km) offshore of Fort Macon State Park (34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W), Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. As a piece of international history, Queen Anne's Revenge was preserved added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 and it is listed as owned by the state of North Carolina.
A Summer Souvenir event hosted by "RickOnTheRange"
Let's Meet & Greet, and maybe enjoy a coffee and donut.
| List of cachers who will attend |
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RickOnTheRange
RubberRabbit
emmieo
0psoup
1Lunch
THE TRIBAL DANCER
4YOUNGCachers
SoosieQBookLover
WindDriffter
sharky&sheba
goldenduo
Taylor.Ann
tazzyed
LU Forester
canweecache2
TurtleSmile
Spazolawz
Heathcote25
Micd
Southern Accent
glashaus13
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Rain or Shine
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Treasures
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