Archaeologists Pull 5 Of Blackbeard's Cannons From The Sea

One Of Blackbeard's Cannons Recovered Today Until today, this cannon hadn't seen air for 295 years. North Carolina Department Of Cultural Resources In 1718, legendary Caribbean pirate Blackbeard sank his ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, after it got stuck on too-shallow land outside the coastal city of Beaufort, N.C. For almost three centuries, the ship's hodgepodge of cannons from around the world has sat at the bottom of the sea. Today several of Blackbeard's big guns rose to the surface in the lar...