Blackbeard

Blackbeard is the 2nd most famous pirate in the game. He captains a well (but not completely) upgraded Frigate. Given his position and the large amount of money he's collected, he carries a large amount on his ship (well over 20,000 gold), with his buried treasure being worth 9,000 gold. His home port is random for each game and can be found accidently or revealed by tavern folk.

The Real Blackbeard
Like all the ranked pirates in the game, Blackbeard was a real person, though was not active during the time period of Pirates! His real name was Edward Teach, born in England around 1680, although the Pirate-O-Pedia erroneously makes the mostly unsupported claim his given surname was Drummond. Teach died fairly young, somewhere between 35 and 40 years old, having been hacked and shot to death in his final, brutal battle. He was known for tucking slow burning fuses under his hat, intimidating opponents with a smoke shrouded face bathed in a low, red glow from said fuses as they burned. Read more about him on his Wikipedia Article.