The Whydah: a Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
Candlewick Press · Paperback · March 12, 2019
A 2018 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah — the only pirate ship ever found — and the incredible mysteries it revealed.
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- Who it’s for
- A pirate shipwreck turns treasure hunting into a revealing encounter with maritime history.
- Themes
- Golden Age piracy, Shipwreck and treasure, Marine archaeology
- Genres
- Pirates, Boats & Ships, Exploration & Discovery
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A 2018 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah — the only pirate ship ever found — and the incredible mysteries it revealed. The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it.
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The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of the greediest pirates of all, Black Sam Bellamy, commandeered it. Filling the ship to capacity with treasure, Bellamy hoped to retire with his bounty — but in 1717 the ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod. For more than two hundred years, the wreck of the Whydah (and the riches that went down with it) eluded treasure seekers, until the ship was finally found in 1984 by marine archaeologists. The artifacts brought up from the ocean floor are priceless, both in value and in the picture they reveal of life in that much-mythologized era, changing much of what we know about pirates.
Piracy, Unearthed
A pirate shipwreck turns treasure hunting into a revealing encounter with maritime history.
Come here for
- Pirate history anchored by a real shipwreck
- The discovery of a long-lost vessel off Cape Cod
Expect
- Artifacts that reshape a much-mythologized era
- A vivid meeting of maritime history and archaeology
Where it sits
| Pirates | 97% |
|---|---|
| Exploration & Discovery | 50% |
| Boats & Ships | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Exploration & Discovery
- Boats & Ships
- Pirates
- Authors
- Martin W. Sandler
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- March 12, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Golden Age piracy · Shipwreck and treasure · Marine archaeology
- Reading lane
- Exploration & Discovery