The Whydah : a pirate ship feared, wrecked, and found / Martin W. Sandler.
2017
F2161.5 .S26 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
The Whydah : a pirate ship feared, wrecked, and found / Martin W. Sandler.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780763680336 (hardcover)
0763680338 (hardcover)
0763680338 (hardcover)
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
170 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Call Number
F2161.5 .S26 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
910.4/5
Summary
Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.
Launched in 1716 to ply the Triangular Trade route, the Whydah was designed to be fast and to hold large amounts of cargo, both material and human. Captain Prince had completed the sale of slaves brought from Africa to the Caribbean and had turned the Whydah toward England laden with riches when his ship was overtaken by one of the most successful pirates of the time. Black Sam Bellamy sought not only fortune but a ship with a large capacity to carry it. He used the Whydah as his flagship and loaded it to the gunnels with loot from vessels plundered along the East Coast of America. But on a stormy night in 1717, the Whydah ran aground on a sandbar off Cape Cod and sank. Cape Codders salvaged what washed ashore. The govenor of Massachusetts sent his best man to look for the rest - but nothing could be found. It wasn't until 1984 that marine archaeologists found the wreck and its treasure of old and priceless artifacts, as well as a wealth of historical evidence that changed much of what we thought about pirates. -- from dust jacket.
Launched in 1716 to ply the Triangular Trade route, the Whydah was designed to be fast and to hold large amounts of cargo, both material and human. Captain Prince had completed the sale of slaves brought from Africa to the Caribbean and had turned the Whydah toward England laden with riches when his ship was overtaken by one of the most successful pirates of the time. Black Sam Bellamy sought not only fortune but a ship with a large capacity to carry it. He used the Whydah as his flagship and loaded it to the gunnels with loot from vessels plundered along the East Coast of America. But on a stormy night in 1717, the Whydah ran aground on a sandbar off Cape Cod and sank. Cape Codders salvaged what washed ashore. The govenor of Massachusetts sent his best man to look for the rest - but nothing could be found. It wasn't until 1984 that marine archaeologists found the wreck and its treasure of old and priceless artifacts, as well as a wealth of historical evidence that changed much of what we thought about pirates. -- from dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.
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1270L Lexile
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