Hi. I put together this file that could help owners of the 1st ed. of Blackbeard...


ciao,
SThanks to Rick Heli, I can clarify some points regarding the 1st edition of 
AH's Blackbeard...


You can tell your edition from the rulebook (look in the upper right corner 
to see if it's marked "2nd ed" or from the map (look for the line separating
seas as noted below)


ciao,
S
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> > I have a 1st edition of Avalon Hill's Blackbeard. The one where the line
> > dividing the North Atlantic and the Caribbean is missing and the
> > shipping lanes don't have their nationalities marked.
> >
> > I was hoping some kind owner of a 2nd edition map could look at their
> > board and let me know (officially) where the dividing line is and what
> > the nationalities of the shipping lanes are.


The line starts at the east coast of Florida, the hexside between G15
and H15 to be exact.  From there it continues east matching exactly the
demarcation between coastal and deep water, which should be clear I think 
until you get to Martinique.  The last hexside which follows this pattern is 
the hexside between BB18 (Martinique) and CC18.  From there, the line goes 
as follows:


CC18:CC19
CC19:DD18
DD18:DD19
end


As for shipping lanes, they are the same nationality as the closest
port.
Here are some which may be in doubt:


25:Spanish
31:British
32:Spanish
35:Spanish
46:Dutch
51:British
61:British
62:Dutch
63:Portuguese
64:French
65:French
66:French


> Thanks, that answered every one of the shipping lanes in question except
> #14 -- 5 hexes from Charleston (British) and St. Augustine (Spanish).
> 


British.