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Pirates are coming to the Mariners' Museum!

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From: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Date: 19971001
Author:Anonymous

The exploits of notorious pirates including Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Jean Lafitte will come to life in Under the Black Flag: Life Among the Pirates, an exhibition that tells the true stories of pirates, explores the myths of piracy that have flourished in literature and film, and examines acts of piracy still taking place today. Now on display through January 4, 1998, the exhibition features more than 40 watercolors by marine artist William Gilkerson, a silver-plated skull reputed to be Blackbeard's, legendary pirate illustrations by N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle, and a fascinating ...

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