Black Sam Bellamy's Gold: The Whydah Wreck and Its Lost Treasure
Two men crawled out of the surf. The rest of Black Sam Bellamy's crew, and tons of pirate gold, went down off Cape Cod in 1717. Some of it has been found. Most of it hasn't.
Fortunes that went down with the ship, and the people still trying to bring them up.
Two men crawled out of the surf. The rest of Black Sam Bellamy's crew, and tons of pirate gold, went down off Cape Cod in 1717. Some of it has been found. Most of it hasn't.
A sandalwood king, storehouses of Spanish silver and a fortune that seemed to vanish. Plus the real Hawaii mystery: where Kamehameha the Great lies, a secret kept on purpose for 200 years.
A hurricane sank eleven Spanish treasure ships off Florida in 1715. Pirates, salvors and beachcombers have chased the silver ever since, and the queen's jewels are still missing.
In 1857 a steamer packed with California gold sank in a hurricane, and survivors watched fortunes slide off the deck. Then came the rumours, the treasure hunter and 500 coins nobody can find.