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= = **Captain Hook **
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**The Caribbean(1560-1730)**


The era of piracy in the Caribbean Sea began in the 16th century and died out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates. The period during which pirates were most successful was from the 1690s until the 1720s. Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of relatively lawless British seaports such as Port Royal in Jamaica and the French settlement at Tortuga.

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**History of Captain Hook and Blackbeard**
Captain James Hook was the creation of J.M. Barrie, and his character was modeled after Blackbeard. It is said that Hook was Blackbeard's bosun and that he was the only man that Long John Silver ever feared.  Hook hates children, but not as much as he hates a certain giant crocodile. In a swordfight, Captain Hook's hand was cut off by Peter Pan, who fed it to a crocodile. That is why Captain Hook's hand is a steel hook. Anyway, the crocodile loved its taste so much that he began stalking Hook in order to eat the rest of him. The crocodile also swallowed a timepiece, and Hook can always tell when it is nearby because of the tic toc noise that it makes. The sound of a clock tocking sends Hook into a panic, and in his pirate village clocks are illegal. The most recent film appearance of the captain is in the movie "Hook" starring Robin Williams as a grown up peter pan.

Hook was not an original character in the play of Peter Pan. The pirate captain character was first created to depict the children's journey home while the scene was being changed backstage from Neverland to the Darling nursery. However, J.M Barrie decided to eventually expand this role, since he knew how fascinated children were in pirates. Hook was at first supposed to be played by the woman who was playing Mary Darling, but the man playing George Darling insisted that he could play the role better and he got the part.

In Barrie's story, Hook captures Wendy and the lost boys and challenges Peter to a final duel. When Hook is beaten, Peter kicks him overboard and he falls into the crocodiles mouth that was waiting for him below. That was the end for him.

= = =**Blackbeard**=

The pirate Blackbeard is perhaps the most notorious of the sea robbers who plagued shipping lanes off North America and throughout the Caribbean in the early-eighteenth century- an era commonly referred to as the Golden Age of Piracy. Despite his legendary reputation, little is known about the early life of Blackbeard. Even his true name is uncertain, though it is usually given as some variation of Edward Thatch or Teach.in 1716 he joined the crew of Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate who operated from the Caribbean island of New Providence. He quickly acquired his own ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and from 1717 to 1718 became a feared pirate. His nickname was derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance; he was reported to have tied lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies.

=** Relationship with Peter Pan **= == Captain Hook and Peter Pan are enemies. Hook wears a hook in place of his left hand which was cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by a crocodile. The crocodile liked the taste so much, it follows Hook around constantly, hoping for more. Luckily for Hook, it also swallowed a clock, so Hook can tell from the ticking, when the Crocodile is near. Hook hates Peter obsessively, and lives for the day he can make Peter and all his Lost Boys walk the plank and become croc food. ==


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