Treasure Wreck: The Fortunes & Fate of the Pirate Ship Whydah

by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II

Book Overview

When the pirate ship Whydah went down in a violent storm just off the coast of Massachusetts in 1717, she took a huge treasury of stolen gold and jewels with her. Pieces of eight have continued to wash ashore since that ill-fated voyage, luring treasure seekers and undersea salvage experts. Here is the story of this plunder, of the pirates who amassed this horde during one legendary year upon the Spanish Main, and the tragedy of their loss upon the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764327399
• ISBN13: 9780764327391
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Studying Pirates is the Life for Me!!!

I find this book well-written and exciting and interesting, but alas, TOO SHORT! The author gives background information about "Black Sam" Bellamy who was not nearly as notorious as many other pirates. His name survived 300 years of history, because his ship, The Whydah, broke up in a fog off the Cape Cod coast. And in 1984 the sunken ship was discovered by the former high school teacher, Barry Clifford. The book is about the expedition to bring to the surface artifacts for scientists to study to find out more about pirates. I think now is a good time to publish another book about those scientific findings. Now that Blackbeard's ship is being excavated off the North Carolina coast, scientists are finding out more. How about a book on both of these ships? A children's book I read this summer has photos of some of the artifacts found on Blackbeard's ship. It also has a lot of facts about the pirates of the Atlantic and Caribbean. The name of the book is The Diary of a Slave Girl, Ruby Jo. She sees Blackbeard and his 4 shiploads of pirates hold Charles Town hostage in 1718. That book is a fun read for both kids and adults.