Treasure Wreck. The Fortunes And Fate Of The Pirate Ship Whydah

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Schiffer Publications
Publisher Place: Atglen
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: Second Edition

Description: 171 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 shoals of Cape Cod. It is updated to cover salvage efforts still underway in the Whydahs deep-sea grave. Had it not been for the love of Maria Hallett, whose spirit is still said to stalk the coast, Captain Samuel "Black" Bellamy might not have risked the Whydahs return through those threatening shoals, so close to the "hanging port" of Boston. This book traces the story of those who survived the wreck only to be imprisoned and then assailed by the soul-saving Reverend Cotton Mather. This is a true adventure of the high seas; a story inextricably melded with legend of the Cape Cod coast.

ISBN: 9780764327391