File:Whydah-gold.jpg
Summary
Real pirate treasure at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
This is part of a special exhibit - "Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whydah_Gally" class="extiw" title="en:Whydah Gally">Whydah Gally</a> from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship"
Captained by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy" class="extiw" title="en:Samuel Bellamy">"Black Sam" Bellamy</a>, the Whydah was laden with over 4.5 tons of gold, silver and precious treasure, the spoils from conquering 50 ships, when on April 26, 1717, she encountered a nor'easter off the coast of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> and wrecked on the shoals off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellfleet,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Wellfleet, Massachusetts">Wellfleet, Massachusetts</a>. Bellamy and all but two of his 145 crewmen were killed.
This is just a sampling of the gold coins that have been recovered from the wreck by Barry Clifford, who discovered the wreck of the pirate ship in 1984; it was the first authenticated pirate ship ever to be discovered.
For info about the exhibit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.whydah.com">http://www.whydah.com</a>
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| current | 14:00, 5 January 2017 | | 1,024 × 680 (345 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Real pirate treasure at the Houston Museum of Natural Science </p> <p>This is part of a special exhibit - "Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whydah_Gally" class="extiw" title="en:Whydah Gally">Whydah Gally</a></i> from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship" </p> <p>Captained by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy" class="extiw" title="en:Samuel Bellamy">"Black Sam" Bellamy</a>, the <i>Whydah</i> was laden with over 4.5 tons of gold, silver and precious treasure, the spoils from conquering 50 ships, when on April 26, 1717, she encountered a nor'easter off the coast of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> and wrecked on the shoals off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellfleet,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Wellfleet, Massachusetts">Wellfleet, Massachusetts</a>. Bellamy and all but two of his 145 crewmen were killed. </p> <p>This is just a sampling of the gold coins that have been recovered from the wreck by Barry Clifford, who discovered the wreck of the pirate ship in 1984; it was the first authenticated pirate ship ever to be discovered. </p> <p>For info about the exhibit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.whydah.com">http://www.whydah.com</a> </p> |
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