One Piece-Real Pirates

[cippy]

I dont know if this was posted but since i watched One Piece i came to like pirate movies so i watched a documentary about Blackbeard- he was known as the most notorious pirate along with Captain Kidd and Bartholomew Roberts.
What i was suprised is that Blackbeard accepted a pardon with the Royal Navy that he could live a normal life if he wouldn't continue being a pirate.( He became a sichibukai :P ) but then he revolted and became again a pirate. Also his name was Edward Teach or Edward Thatch.

I mean we could get hints about what happens in the future:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts -he was .. a tall black man, near forty years of age.. also that book that he holds might not be the bible but the pirate code which he made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Roger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny

[ScratchmenApoo]

If you have watched The Adventures of Baron Munchausen you can see some analogies between Munchhausen's crew and the Blackbeard Pirates (Sharpshooter with incredible eyesight & incredibly strong man) and so it might share some insight on what abilities Doc Q and Lafitte might have.
It's fun to see how Oda combines his ideas with other sources.

Oh, and you probably know it already, but a lot of character names in OP are inspired by real life pirate names or mean something related to ships/sea etc. in different languages.

[bittman]

http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Real_Life_Pirates

Have fun.