This year I'm continuing my Travel the World card series that I began last year. There are 195 countries in the world. I randomly select one each week and virtually travel there. I share tidbits of information about the week's country on my blog and choose one fact about the country as inspiration for that week's card.
This card is inspired by The Bahamas where Pirates, privateers and buccaneers infested the area from the early 1600s to the 1700s. The shallow waters provided the perfect place for experienced pirates to lure heavily laden merchant ships and Spanish galleons on to the reefs, where they were wrecked and relieved of their cargos. The most famous pirate was Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, who was appointed magistrate of the self-declared Pirates Republic, a stronghold in Nassau which brought 11 years of havoc to the region.
Please visit my blog for more photos/information about both my card and The Bahamas...