Whydah Pirate Museum in Cape Cod

 

The number of wrecks off the coast of Cape Cod is amazing!

A model of the Whydah

Some of the items recovered from the wreck of the Whydah

 

Just one of the articles on Barry Clifford and his team after they discovered the Whydah

 

The use of X-rays are common to help identify what is incrusted within the hardened silt, shells and other products of the ocean floor

It's hard to tell from the picture, but they are lightly spraying water on this large concretion

6/11/21

 

We started our day at the Whydah Pirate Museum. This museum, based on as much fact as possible (and maybe a little “tall tale”) is about the life and times of 18^th & 19^th century Pirates and the recovery efforts of men of science and adventure.

 

The Whydah was originally intended as a slave ship. After picking up her human cargo in 1716, she sailed to the Caribbean where she was taken by Pirate Capitan, Samuel Bellamy, commander of a growing fleet of pirate ships. The Whydah was shipwrecked in 1717 off the coast of Cape Cod when she was caught in a nor’easter. She sank deep in the waters off the Cape.

Did you know that each well known pirate captain had their own version of the skull and bones? According to the museum they did! I had no idea!

 

I had no idea what to expect out of this museum, but I came away with a knowledge I didn’t expect to find.