After 300 years, the mystery of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” ship has been solved.

Have you seen the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies? If so, you probably remember Blackbeard’s pirate ship. Recently, A.J puzzle that have been in the air for more than 300 years have finally been solved by a team of researchers.

The ship that inspired the pirate ship called Quenn Anne’s Revenge sank off the coast of North Carolina in the United States in 1718. By the time the ship was found, something unusual was discovered on board at the time the ship sank.

In this sense, the ship had a mineral, coal, which was used to heat and prepare food. However, this mineral only appears on a large scale from 1870 onwards in the United States, 152 years after the ship sank.

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The mystery has been solved by a researcher at the UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER). James Hower and a team of scientists discovered the origin of coal from that very era.

In this context, the specialist received samples of coal that were found on the ship and analyzed in the laboratory. According to the scientists, some differences were necessary to understand the origin of the mineral.

“Low volatile bituminous coal is usually found in Virginia. It is good for cooking and was also used in steamships because it gives off no smoke when burning. There is usually no anthracite anywhere. All of them here (in the United States) come from Pennsylvania.”James Hower said.

In addition, another important aspect was the discovery of when coal sources began to be exploited in North American soils. Apparently, European settlers began mining coal in Pennsylvania in the late 1760s.

In the end, scientists noticed a curious fact. a Shipwreck It occurred near a port that was used to refuel ships with coal during the American Civil War in 1862.

Thus, scientists concluded that, in fact, this coal on the ship was transported by the tide to the pirate ship. “Someone used that coal. It wasn’t Blackbeard, but the Navy.” Hauer added.