The 11 Shipwrecks That Built a Pirate Republic

The pirate republic of Nassau was a real 12-year country built on 350,000 pieces of silver from the 1715 treasure fleet. This film traces how 11 Spanish galleons sinking off Florida drew 600 pirates to New Providence and funded the Flying Gang. It covers Henry Jennings' raid, pirate articles and voting, Blackbeard blockading Charleston for medicine, Woodes Rogers' 1718 pardon, and the hunt that killed Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet and Bartholomew Roberts.