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Master at Sea: Navigation Aboard La Concorde/Queen Anne's Revenge

dc.contributor.advisorLynn Harris
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Nicholas
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLynn Harris
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJason Raupp
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDavid Stewart
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKimberly Kenyon
dc.contributor.departmentHistory
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T15:19:34Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T15:19:34Z
dc.date.created2024-05
dc.date.issuedMay 2024
dc.date.submittedMay 2024
dc.date.updated2024-07-16T20:40:24Z
dc.degree.collegeThomas Harriott College of Arts and Sciences
dc.degree.departmentHistory
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.majorMA-Maritime Studies
dc.degree.nameM.A.
dc.degree.programMA-Maritime Studies
dc.description.abstractThe La Concorde/Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck has a diverse assemblage with research potential that offers valuable insight into life under the pirate Edward Thatch as well as its previous purpose for the transportation of slaves across the Atlantic. As new artifacts continue to be exposed through conservation efforts, the ship’s navigational instruments and possible surveying tools present an opportunity for a unique material culture study that reflects not only their origin and functionality in terms of broader 18th-century navigation methods for pirates, but also how French sailing crews aboard slave ships operated on extended voyages. Included in this collection are instruments such as lead sounding weights, writing slates, a sector, dividers, compass components, and equipment believed to be associated with coastal or terrestrial surveying. These instruments are conserved at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory before being curated and exhibited in the North Carolina Maritime Museum: Beaufort. Each of these instruments were evaluated to determine the navigational needs and training of the pirates who may have used them as well as the French sailors who operated the vessel before its capture by Edward Thatch.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/13454
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectCaribbean Studies
dc.subjectHistory, General
dc.subjectHistory, European
dc.titleMaster at Sea: Navigation Aboard La Concorde/Queen Anne's Revenge
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
dc.type.materialtext

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