Complex sentence: The miniseries was shot on location in Thailand and the town of New Providence was built on a coconut plantation, and includes many factual names and places but it is essentially a fictional story since Blackbeard's most notable exploits took place in North Carolina.
Split into simpler sentences: The miniseries was shot on location in Thailand and the town of New Providence was built on a coconut plantation, and includes many factual names and places. But it is essentially a fictional story since Blackeard's most notable exploits took place in North Carolina.