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Researchers led by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' Underwater Archaeology Branch recover a 2,000-pound cannon from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, which has been on the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast for nearly 300 years, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 in Beaufort, N.C. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, Chuck Beckley)
AP reports:
BEAUFORT, N.C. — A 2,000-pound cannon pulled from the waters near Beaufort Wednesday will give archeologists and historians more ammunition for separating fact from legend surrounding the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
The Queen Anne's Revenge Project brought the massive gun ashore and displayed it to the public before taking to a laboratory at East Carolina University. Onlookers cheered as the 8-foot-long gun was raised above the water's surface.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates fires the noon cannon, at Peter and Paul Fortress on March 21 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gates spoke of the possibilty of cooperation between Russia and the U.S on missile defense launch data.
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This undated photo released on Monday Feb. 28, 2011 by Panama’s Institute of Culture (INAC), show two archaeologists recovering a cannon that scientists believe may have belonged to British pirate, Captain Henry Morgan, at the mouth of the Rio Chagres off Colon, Panama. INAC announced on Monday that a team of archaeologists recovered six iron cannons near the site where according to historical records, Morgan’s flagship, the Satisfaction, ran aground in 1671.
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