Expedition Whydah : The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her

by Clifford, Barry; Perry, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780060929718
• ISBN10: 0060929715
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

A Captivating Account of the Golden Age of Piracy, the Search for Sunken Treasure, and the Business of Underwater Exploration Bored by his successful life and obsessed with a boyhood dream of lost pirate treasure, Barry Clifford began a quest for legendary pirate Black Sam Bellamy's ship Whydah, which had supposedly wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod more than two centuries ago. Ignoring claims that he was a fool and a dreamer, Clifford pressed on, until he unbelievable found the Whydah...and then the real story begins in a spellbinding story that will capture your imagination.

Table of Contents

BOOK I A MYTH AND A DREAM
The Stuff of Daydreams	3	(9)
Dreaming the Dream	12	(10)
Full Speed Ahead	22	(4)
The Riches with the Guns	26	(9)
Southack's Fruitless Search	35	(6)
Pushpins and Hunches	41	(6)
X Marks the Spot	47	(5)
The Mel Fisher Show	52	(6)
A Sahara of Sand	58	(6)
Sage Advice	64	(6)
A Free Prince in the Making	70	(8)
The Sharks Circle	78	(6)
The Rich and Adventurous	84	(9)
BOOK II THE BIG TIME
A Crew with No Boat	93	(10)
The Vast Explorer	103	(7)
What Now?	110	(13)
The First Season	123	(11)
Wish You Were Here	134	(8)
Iron and Gold	142	(21)
Masters of Their Universe	163	(10)
Name Unknown	173	(13)
Cast-Iron Proof	186	(13)
Boom and Bust	199	(14)
Banned in Boston	213	(8)
Bellamy's Shopping List	221	(8)
BOOK III BACK TO BASICS
New Beginning	229	(8)
A Near-Death Experience	237	(9)
Jackpot	246	(12)
Whydah's End	258	(10)
The Ghosts of 1717	268	(7)
First Blood, Again	275	(8)
Willful, Wicked, Felonious	283	(10)
Aesop's Tables	293	(2)
``We've Got Wood!''	295	(11)
Postscript	306	(4)
Acknowledgments	310