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Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - Blackbeard

To intimidate his victims, Blackbeard kept his beard long and unruly. He also wore lit fuses under his hat, adding to his fearsome appearance. The pirate known as Blackbeard was actually a man named Edward Teach or Thatch (though Teach may have been an alias to protect his true identity).

Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - HMS Providence

The San Diego Maritime Museum's own HMS Surprise appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, as Captain Hector Barbossa's vessel, the HMS Providence.

Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - HMS Providence

To film scenes for the HMS Providence, forty members of the San Diego Maritime Museum sailed the HMS Surprise to San Pedro, California. The museum employees and volunteers appear as the Providence's crew, featured in several scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - The Corpse Bed

Aboard Ponce de Leon's shipwrecked Santiago, Captain Jack Sparrow finds himself sharing a bed with a skeleton, a scene inspired by Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.