Expedition Whydah: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her

A Captivating Account of the Golden Age of Piracy, the Search for Sunken Treasure, and the Business of Underwater Exploration

Bored by his successful life and obsessed with a boyhood dream of lost pirate treasure, Barry Clifford began a quest for legendary pirate Black Sam Bellamy's ship Whydah, which had supposedly wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod more than two centuries ago. Ignoring claims that he was a fool and a dreamer, Clifford pressed on, until he unbelievable found the Whydah...and then the real story begins in a spellbinding story that will capture your imagination.

Author Biography: Barry Clifford established the Expedition Whydah SeaLab and Learning Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.The Whydah project has been called "a model for privatearchaeology" by the Federal Advisory Council on HistoricPreservation.

Paul Perry has cowritten three New York Times bestsellers and is a member of the Whydah expedition team.