The Whydah Gally - Whydah (pronounced Widda or Ouidah) was Captained by Capt. "Black Sam" Bellamy when the ship sank in April 26, 1717 during a viscious storm off the coast of Massachusetts losing by some accounts 144 pirates and in other reports 180 pirates with her saying that only 8 pirates survived and in another report it said that only 2 survived. The Whydah was originally designed with a 26gun/cannon ship built in 1716 as a slave ship. It was the 50th ship captured by Capt. Sam Bellamy. On board was millions of dollars in gold bullion which was now to be lost off the coast of Cape Cod. The Whydah is recorded as being the first authenticated pirate ship in this part of the world. There was a brass engraving that said Whydah 1713, but it was later determined that this was from a previous ship that had probably been brought on this ship by Capt. Bellamy as a souvenir from the previous Whydah.
By some reports, It seems that Brandon and Barry Clifford started looking for The Whydah in the mid to late 70's and in other reports, it's stated that it was in 1981, Barry took on the challenge of finding the remains of Whydah and her lost treasure. Barry searched for nearly 3 years and found nothing and began thinking that his search for this treasure was doomed. Then while searching only 1000'-1500' from shoreline when it went down Barry finds the ships bell.
The equipment used to move the sand around or to dig in the sand in search of artifacts was called a mailbox. This mailbox blew the sand away to a depth of 30' deep where some of the cannons were later found. There were eventually over 200,000 artifacts documented during this dive. One article found was a size 6 male shoe which was later discovered to have belonged to a boy named John King.
During this discovery, it was noted that 1/3 of the pirates were from Africa and had received assignments as Captains and high ranking officers.
It is reported and was later found in 1984 by Capt. Berry Clifford by using a chart originally drawn by Cyprian Selpack. It was also reported that JFK Jr. was one of the ships deck hand on the search for The Whydah treasure.
A symbol used by Fremasonry was found at the site which led the discoverers to believe that the Fremasons began around May-June 1717. This ship sank around April of 1717
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkauWCW1xzI&feature=related
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
List of Pirates still Pending a search
Some of the most famous pirates in history (that I have discovered so far). My search began with a book by Charles Johnson, but when I researched about Charles Johnson I found that this name may be fictitious. Cross references to other names listed in conjunction with Charles Johnson led to dead ends. So my search continues.
1. Type in YouTube Top 10 Hidden Treasures yet to be found. 12:00min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amyu6JYO9Z8
1.1. Forrest Fenns treasure hunt (1 Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ahNpQLgdk) 23.57min
The secret is hidden in a poem that starts like this: "Begin it where warm waters halt." Zack wrote an entire feature filled with maps, illustrated clues, and even more video. You can read and watch here: http://www.vox.com/a/fenn-treasure-hu... Sometime between 2009 and 2010 an 80 year old man by the name of Forrest Fenn trekked out into the Rocky Mountains and hid a bronze chest filled with over $2 million dollars worth of treasure. The secret to the location of the treasure is contained within a six stanza poem. Forrest Fenn's treasure, as it's come to be known, has captivated men, women, and children around the country and world and has lured many people to the Rocky Mountains in the hopes that they'll find the gold.
1.2. The ultimate money pit 1795
1.3. Nazi treasure in Lake Toplitz
1.4. $200mil off the coast of Florida (Mel Fisher)
1.5. The Beale Ciphers
1.6. The 100 year old lost dimes - (probably looking for or hoping to find the 1895-O dime)
1.7. Treasure fleet of 1715 (Kip Wagner)
1.8. The lost city of Paititi
1.9. Pure gold statues in Coco's island Cave (Capt. William Thompson)
1.10. King John's crown jewels (1216 C.E.)
2. Oruc Reis or Barabossa - 1474–1518 Red Beard and a few other nick names was a Barbary pirate from the Ottoman Empire as a naval commander, was a Mediterranean pirate.
3. Heyridden Barabossa also from the Ottoman Empire 1478-1546. He was the younger brother of Red Beard also from the Ottoman Empire and worked as an Admiral naval commander.
4. Jean-David Nau - Nickname "Flail of the Spaniards" or "Bane of the Spanish" but better known as François l'Olonnais 1635-1668. He was a pirate captain of the Caribbean and had a very vicious reputation. L'Olonnais himself was an expert torturer. By 1660 his servitude was complete and he began to wander the various islands, before finally arriving in Saint-Domingue and becoming a buccaneer, preying on shipping from the Spanish West Indies and Spanish Main. shipwrecked near Campeche, in Mexico. A party of Spanish soldiers attacked l'Olonnais and his crew, killing almost the entire party. L'Olonnais himself survived by covering himself in the blood of others and hiding amongst the dead. After the Spanish departed, l'Olonnais, with the assistance of some slaves, escaped and made his way to Tortuga. A short time later, he and his crew held a town hostage, demanding a ransom from its Spanish rulers. The governor of Havana[who?] sent a ship to kill l'Olonnais' party, but l'Olonnais captured and beheaded the entire raiding crew save one, whom he spared so that a message could be delivered to Havana: "I shall never henceforward give a quarter to any Spaniard whatsoever."
In 1667(about 1 year before his death), l'Olonnais sailed from Tortuga with a fleet of eight ships and a crew of six hundred pirates to sack Maracaibo. En route, l'Olonnais crossed paths with a Spanish treasure ship, which he captured, along with its rich cargo of cacao, gemstones and more than 260,000 pieces of eight. He then lands at the city of Gibraltar to inflict more carnage. The damage l'Olonnais inflicted upon Gibraltar was so great that the city, formerly a major centre for the exportation of cacao, nearly ceased to exist by 1680.
On his last journey of an attempted conquest to Darien of Panama, they ran aground on a sandbar on the coast of Darien, the province of Panama. Unable to dislodge their ship, they headed inland to find food, but were captured by the Kuna tribe in Darién. He was eaten by the natives. Alexander Oliver Exquemelin wrote in the book "Bucaneers of America" that the natives:
"tore him in pieces alive, throwing his body limb by limb into the fire and his ashes into the air; to the intent no trace nor memory might remain of such an infamous, inhuman creature." I have not found anything (pictures etc.) further to build on this story.
5. Henry Morgan 1635-1688. The date August 25, 1688 is noted as the day he died.
6. William Kidd - 1645-1701. He was Born in or around Scotland and died in England. The date May 23, 1701 is noted as the day he died. He was on the ship Adventure Galley on the Indian Ocean.
7. Samuel Burgess - 1690 Supposedly a shipmate of William Kidd. Identified as commanding a ship named The Margaret and later around 1699 became a First Mate of the ship The Neptune
8. Henry Every or John Avery - 1653 disappeared and presumed dead 1696. Captain of the ship Fancy.
9. Charles Vane - 1680-1721. Born in or around Scotland and reported to have died on March 29, 1721. He was an English Pirate for about 4 years (1716-1720). He captained the ship The Ranger
10. Edward Teach nicknames Black Beard - 1680-1718. He became a pirate in 1712 and died on November 22, 1718 Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge on the Caribbean Sea.
11. John Roberts - 1682-1722 AKA: Bartholemew Roberts or Black Bart. Born in Wales on May 17, 1682 and died on Feb 10, 1722. Alegedly captain of some 456 vessels.
12. John Rackham - 1682-1720 AKA: Calico Jack was born in England Dec. 21, 1682 and died in Jamaica on Nov. 18, 1720. Captain of The Treasure, The Revenge & The William.
13. Stede Bonnel - 1688-1718 AKA: The Gentleman Pirate Born around Barbados. Believed to have died in USA Dec. 10, 1718. He was only a pirate for one year 1717-1718. He captained The Revenge later known as The Royal James
14. Howell Davis or Davies - 1690-1719 He was Welsh. I could only find information that confirmed he was only a pirate for 11months or at least less than a year. He captained The Cadogan, The Buck, The St. James & The Rover
15. Edward Lowe - 1690-1724 Born around England. He was a pirate for about 3 yrs starting in 1721 on the Atlantic Ocean
16. Francis Spriggs - ??-1725 a Brittish pirate active in the Caribbean Sea and the Bay of Honduras.
17. Thomas Tew - The Rhode Island Pirate ??-1695 Born in England. Died on the Arabian Sea. He was a pirate for about 3 yrs through 1695. He Captained The Amity
18. John Gow - 1698-1725 Born around Caithness and was executed in London on June 11, 1725
19. Edward Seegar - ??-1720 He was a pirate for about 3 years and died in 1720. He wa captain of The Pearl later named The Royal James, The Fancy & The Victory
20. Black Caesar - ??-1718 Born in West Africa and died in Williamsburg Virginia. One of Black Beards lieutanants on The Queen Annes Revenge
21. Jean-Baptiste Lafitte 1776-1826
22. Sir Francis Drake -
23. Sir Walter Roley -
Then there were Female Pirates. They were:
1. Ch'iao K'uo Fu Jen - somewhere around 600BCE. I can't find much on this lady but will report back when more becomes known.
2. Awilda - A 5th century Scandanavian Princess who was suppose to have left to become a pirate with some of her female companions. Again, I can't find much on this lady but will report back when more becomes known.
3. Grace O'Malley - 1530-1603 Born either in Grainne Ni Mhille or in Connaught Ireland
4. Charlotte deBerry - 1613-?? Born in England. She apparently liked pirating in mens clothing.
5. Anne Dieu Le-Veut 1650-?? AKA: Marie Anne was a French pirate who liked working with other women. One in particular was named Jacquotte Delahaye. Also teamed up with Laurens deGraff
6. Mary Read - 1690-1712 Born in London England. She teamed up with Calico Jack Rackham. She apparently also like to dress as a man. She died in prison.
7. Anny (Cormac) Bonny - somewhere between 1697&1705 Born in County Cork, Ireland. She was associated with James Bonny and Calico Jack Rackham
8. Rachel Schmidt Walborn - 1760-1789 Born in Carlisle Colony Pennsylvania and died in Boston Massachusetts on Oct. 8, 1789
9. Charlotte Badger - 1778-1816 She was considered an Australian pirate even though she was from England. She was on the ship The Venus
10. Ching Shih - 1785-1844 AKA: Cheng I Sao a Chinese pirate
11. Lai Choi San - 20th Century. Took over 12 ships when her father died.
12. Oak Island Treasures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Zfmqaczk8 42.26min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayY1utye4TM 38.33min
References "Charles Johnsons Book of Pirates" the pirates own book, The History of the bucaneers of America, a General History of pirates, Howard Pyles book of pirates,
1. Type in YouTube Top 10 Hidden Treasures yet to be found. 12:00min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amyu6JYO9Z8
1.1. Forrest Fenns treasure hunt (1 Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ahNpQLgdk) 23.57min
The secret is hidden in a poem that starts like this: "Begin it where warm waters halt." Zack wrote an entire feature filled with maps, illustrated clues, and even more video. You can read and watch here: http://www.vox.com/a/fenn-treasure-hu... Sometime between 2009 and 2010 an 80 year old man by the name of Forrest Fenn trekked out into the Rocky Mountains and hid a bronze chest filled with over $2 million dollars worth of treasure. The secret to the location of the treasure is contained within a six stanza poem. Forrest Fenn's treasure, as it's come to be known, has captivated men, women, and children around the country and world and has lured many people to the Rocky Mountains in the hopes that they'll find the gold.
1.2. The ultimate money pit 1795
1.3. Nazi treasure in Lake Toplitz
1.4. $200mil off the coast of Florida (Mel Fisher)
1.5. The Beale Ciphers
1.6. The 100 year old lost dimes - (probably looking for or hoping to find the 1895-O dime)
1.7. Treasure fleet of 1715 (Kip Wagner)
1.8. The lost city of Paititi
1.9. Pure gold statues in Coco's island Cave (Capt. William Thompson)
1.10. King John's crown jewels (1216 C.E.)
2. Oruc Reis or Barabossa - 1474–1518 Red Beard and a few other nick names was a Barbary pirate from the Ottoman Empire as a naval commander, was a Mediterranean pirate.
3. Heyridden Barabossa also from the Ottoman Empire 1478-1546. He was the younger brother of Red Beard also from the Ottoman Empire and worked as an Admiral naval commander.
4. Jean-David Nau - Nickname "Flail of the Spaniards" or "Bane of the Spanish" but better known as François l'Olonnais 1635-1668. He was a pirate captain of the Caribbean and had a very vicious reputation. L'Olonnais himself was an expert torturer. By 1660 his servitude was complete and he began to wander the various islands, before finally arriving in Saint-Domingue and becoming a buccaneer, preying on shipping from the Spanish West Indies and Spanish Main. shipwrecked near Campeche, in Mexico. A party of Spanish soldiers attacked l'Olonnais and his crew, killing almost the entire party. L'Olonnais himself survived by covering himself in the blood of others and hiding amongst the dead. After the Spanish departed, l'Olonnais, with the assistance of some slaves, escaped and made his way to Tortuga. A short time later, he and his crew held a town hostage, demanding a ransom from its Spanish rulers. The governor of Havana[who?] sent a ship to kill l'Olonnais' party, but l'Olonnais captured and beheaded the entire raiding crew save one, whom he spared so that a message could be delivered to Havana: "I shall never henceforward give a quarter to any Spaniard whatsoever."
In 1667(about 1 year before his death), l'Olonnais sailed from Tortuga with a fleet of eight ships and a crew of six hundred pirates to sack Maracaibo. En route, l'Olonnais crossed paths with a Spanish treasure ship, which he captured, along with its rich cargo of cacao, gemstones and more than 260,000 pieces of eight. He then lands at the city of Gibraltar to inflict more carnage. The damage l'Olonnais inflicted upon Gibraltar was so great that the city, formerly a major centre for the exportation of cacao, nearly ceased to exist by 1680.
On his last journey of an attempted conquest to Darien of Panama, they ran aground on a sandbar on the coast of Darien, the province of Panama. Unable to dislodge their ship, they headed inland to find food, but were captured by the Kuna tribe in Darién. He was eaten by the natives. Alexander Oliver Exquemelin wrote in the book "Bucaneers of America" that the natives:
"tore him in pieces alive, throwing his body limb by limb into the fire and his ashes into the air; to the intent no trace nor memory might remain of such an infamous, inhuman creature." I have not found anything (pictures etc.) further to build on this story.
5. Henry Morgan 1635-1688. The date August 25, 1688 is noted as the day he died.
6. William Kidd - 1645-1701. He was Born in or around Scotland and died in England. The date May 23, 1701 is noted as the day he died. He was on the ship Adventure Galley on the Indian Ocean.
7. Samuel Burgess - 1690 Supposedly a shipmate of William Kidd. Identified as commanding a ship named The Margaret and later around 1699 became a First Mate of the ship The Neptune
8. Henry Every or John Avery - 1653 disappeared and presumed dead 1696. Captain of the ship Fancy.
9. Charles Vane - 1680-1721. Born in or around Scotland and reported to have died on March 29, 1721. He was an English Pirate for about 4 years (1716-1720). He captained the ship The Ranger
10. Edward Teach nicknames Black Beard - 1680-1718. He became a pirate in 1712 and died on November 22, 1718 Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge on the Caribbean Sea.
11. John Roberts - 1682-1722 AKA: Bartholemew Roberts or Black Bart. Born in Wales on May 17, 1682 and died on Feb 10, 1722. Alegedly captain of some 456 vessels.
12. John Rackham - 1682-1720 AKA: Calico Jack was born in England Dec. 21, 1682 and died in Jamaica on Nov. 18, 1720. Captain of The Treasure, The Revenge & The William.
13. Stede Bonnel - 1688-1718 AKA: The Gentleman Pirate Born around Barbados. Believed to have died in USA Dec. 10, 1718. He was only a pirate for one year 1717-1718. He captained The Revenge later known as The Royal James
14. Howell Davis or Davies - 1690-1719 He was Welsh. I could only find information that confirmed he was only a pirate for 11months or at least less than a year. He captained The Cadogan, The Buck, The St. James & The Rover
15. Edward Lowe - 1690-1724 Born around England. He was a pirate for about 3 yrs starting in 1721 on the Atlantic Ocean
16. Francis Spriggs - ??-1725 a Brittish pirate active in the Caribbean Sea and the Bay of Honduras.
17. Thomas Tew - The Rhode Island Pirate ??-1695 Born in England. Died on the Arabian Sea. He was a pirate for about 3 yrs through 1695. He Captained The Amity
18. John Gow - 1698-1725 Born around Caithness and was executed in London on June 11, 1725
19. Edward Seegar - ??-1720 He was a pirate for about 3 years and died in 1720. He wa captain of The Pearl later named The Royal James, The Fancy & The Victory
20. Black Caesar - ??-1718 Born in West Africa and died in Williamsburg Virginia. One of Black Beards lieutanants on The Queen Annes Revenge
21. Jean-Baptiste Lafitte 1776-1826
22. Sir Francis Drake -
23. Sir Walter Roley -
Then there were Female Pirates. They were:
1. Ch'iao K'uo Fu Jen - somewhere around 600BCE. I can't find much on this lady but will report back when more becomes known.
2. Awilda - A 5th century Scandanavian Princess who was suppose to have left to become a pirate with some of her female companions. Again, I can't find much on this lady but will report back when more becomes known.
3. Grace O'Malley - 1530-1603 Born either in Grainne Ni Mhille or in Connaught Ireland
4. Charlotte deBerry - 1613-?? Born in England. She apparently liked pirating in mens clothing.
5. Anne Dieu Le-Veut 1650-?? AKA: Marie Anne was a French pirate who liked working with other women. One in particular was named Jacquotte Delahaye. Also teamed up with Laurens deGraff
6. Mary Read - 1690-1712 Born in London England. She teamed up with Calico Jack Rackham. She apparently also like to dress as a man. She died in prison.
7. Anny (Cormac) Bonny - somewhere between 1697&1705 Born in County Cork, Ireland. She was associated with James Bonny and Calico Jack Rackham
8. Rachel Schmidt Walborn - 1760-1789 Born in Carlisle Colony Pennsylvania and died in Boston Massachusetts on Oct. 8, 1789
9. Charlotte Badger - 1778-1816 She was considered an Australian pirate even though she was from England. She was on the ship The Venus
10. Ching Shih - 1785-1844 AKA: Cheng I Sao a Chinese pirate
11. Lai Choi San - 20th Century. Took over 12 ships when her father died.
12. Oak Island Treasures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Zfmqaczk8 42.26min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayY1utye4TM 38.33min
References "Charles Johnsons Book of Pirates" the pirates own book, The History of the bucaneers of America, a General History of pirates, Howard Pyles book of pirates,
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