#Repost @thisdateinpiratehistory ・・・ • 23 October • On #thisdateinpiratehistory in 1718, while cruising off Long Island, Charles Vane captured a brigantine and sloop bound from Jamaica to New England. Charles Vane had been patrolling for prizes off Charleston, when they discovered Col. Thomas Rhett was in the area in search of pirates, namely Stede Bonnet and his crew. Feigning a move to the south to put Rhett off his trail, Vane instead turned north and ducked into an inlet to lay low, coincidentally running into Blackbeard, who happened to also be in the area. There they rested for several weeks with Blackbeard and his company, before finally weighing anchor and heading north toward New York, where they would eventually come upon and take the New England-bound prizes. . . . . . #piratehistory #piratehistorypodcast #piratesofthecaribbean #pirateship #pirate #pirates #charlesvane #blacksails #piratecaptain #blackbeard https://www.instagram.com/p/CkD9eJkrxar/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=