Col on Nostr: Pillaging the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy was extremely profitable, and ...

Pillaging the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy was extremely profitable, and like other pirates at that time, Blackbeard amassed a fortune. Although his time as a pirate lasted just over a year, he was extremely good at what he did, leading many to believe his fortune (in modern terms) was well into the tens or even hundreds of millions. After his death, nothing was found, and the practice of leaving a treasure map with an ‘X’ is just a myth. So where did all the loot go?