Real Pirates

The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship

Barrie Glifford (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

175 Seiten

2007
National Geographic Kids (Verlag)
978-1-4262-0262-9 (ISBN)

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The riveting story of the slave ship Whydah,captured by pirates and later sunk in a fierce storm off the coast of Massachusetts

Packed with plunder from more than 50 captured ships, the Whydah was discovered by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984. Now, for the first time, its treasure holds are unlocked for public view.

Barry Clifford is one of the world's best-known underwater explorers. Born and raised on Cape Cod, he has been involved in underwater surveys and recovery missions for more than half of his life. After locating the wreck of the legendary Whydah in 1984, Clifford and his team successfully located the main body of the shipwreck in 1998. He has preserved the Whydah artifacts as an intact collection, establishing a museum, the Expedition Whydah Sea Lab & Learning Center, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Clifford is also an accomplished mountaineer and jungle explorer, a member of the Explorers Club, and a Discovery Quest Scholar. He is the author of Expedition Whydah, The Lost Fleet, and Return to Treasure Island.

Sprache	englisch
Maße	202 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4262-0262-8 / 1426202628
ISBN-13	978-1-4262-0262-9 / 9781426202629
Zustand	Neuware