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| Keywords: Whydah-map.jpg The location of the pirate ship Whydah Gally captained by the famous Black Sam Bellamy which wrecked off the coast of in Cape Cod on April 26 1717 killing Bellamy and all but 2 of his 145 men and taking over 4 5 short tons 4 1 tonnes of gold silver and other pirate treasure down with it Hearing of the shipwreck then-governor Samuel Shute dispatched Captain Cyprian Southack a local salvager and cartographer to recover Money Bullion Treasure Goods and Merchandizes taken out of the said Ship <br /> By May 3 when Southack reached the location of the wreck he found that a part of the ship was still visible breaching the water's surface and much of the ship's wreckage were scattered along more than four miles 6 km of shoreline He created this map Whydah-map jpg of the wreck site and reported that he had buried 102 of the Whydah crew and captives that had washed ashore They had not found any significant treasure but he wrote The riches and the guns would be buried in the sand <br /> The sunken treasure remained little more than a local legend until the wreck was discovered in 1984 the first pirate ship wreck ever discovered in North America http //whydah com/lost-and-found-pirate-ship-whydah-lost/ Expedition Whydah “ Official website of The Whydah Museum 1717-05 Captain Cyprian Southack PD-old-100 <gallery> File Uida mapa jpg Uida mapa jpg </gallery> Shipwreck maps Old maps of Massachusetts Whydah Gally ship 1716 | ||||
