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Barry Clifford's The Pirate Prince is the first-person account of a modern-day treasure hunter's quest to raise the legendary pirate ship Whydah, originally commissioned as a merchant slaver - sunk off the coast of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, during a raging northeaster on April 26, 1717. The shipwreck soon became a part of Cape Cod lore, as generations of would-be treasure seekers dreamed of finding gold, silver, ivory, and jewels. Barry Clifford did more than dream. Armed with a decade of historical and marine archaeological research, Clifford dove into the icy cape waters and one day came up with a gold doubloon in his hand. Like the colonial governor's cartographer and salvor, Cyprian Southack, Clifford knew "the riches with the guns will lie buried in the sand." The priceless treasure was still there! With a raffish crew and $6 million from Wall Street investors, Clifford began an extraordinary adventure of discovery that so far has yielded more than 100,000 artifacts, including gold and silver coins, jewelry, cannons, and personal effects of the pirates - even a human legbone, silk stocking, and shoe - that illuminate pirate life and culture as never before. Interwoven with his

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Author

Barry Clifford; Peter Turchi; Philip Lief Group

Publisher

Philip Lief Group

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671768249

Category

history

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities

Rating

4.8 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14