Blackbeard

History in the making: one of Blackbeard's 3,000 lb., 11 foot, 4 inch long anchor has been recovered off  the North Carolina coast! On the Beaufort Inlet in Carteret County, N.C., to be precise   (yeh, big was in back then) Righteous, man!
The anchor for Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, has been sunk since 1718. Queen Anne's Revenge has been found in 1996. The scientists hope to raise the other anchor, but it is stuck to the sunken ship.
It is believed to be a French slave vessel before Blackbeard captured.
5 mons after the ship sunk, he was killed w/ no mercy at by Royal Navy in Ocracoke Inlet in 1718. After killing him, they hung his head on the bow of their ship. (Kinda gruesome and kinda cool too)

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/05/27/von.blackbeard.anchor.pulled.WCTI

Blackbeard-Queen Anne's Revenge
in all its glory!

As you can see Queen Anne's Revenge is a large ship. As I said earlier, big was in.  Everybody need to have everything. If you're rich, you've the money to buy big everything. (ie.; big mansions, yachts, etcera) 

Nowadays, it has changed. Things are more compact, more smaller like your normal ipad or smartphone, whatever.So the more money you've got, the more compact your things get.