10 Lost Treasures in America Waiting to be Found
The coastal areas of Virginia and the Carolinas are said by some to contain treasure left behind by Blackbeard, Stede Bonnett and other pirates who once roamed the seas off the America’s preying on merchantmen and Spanish treasure ships.
Eight Famous Shipwrecks That Have Yet to Be Found
Robert Marx, an American treasure hunter, has spent $20 million trying to find and recover the wealth lost in the wreck. Many historians credit the treasure of the Flor de la Mar to be the most elaborate treasure ever lost at sea.
The Real Captain Morgan Was an Unstoppable Privateer
The true story of Sir Henry Morgan was lost with time, and most people do not realize that he was a very real person, and he went on epic adventures on the open sea pillaging gold in the Caribbean during the Seventeenth Century.
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Hornigold’s first recorded act of piracy dates to 1713, when he used sailing canoes and a small sloop to capture and loot merchant ships around the Bahamas. By 1717, he commanded the most powerful ship in the region, a 30 gun sloop, the Ranger, which …
10 of History’s Most Fascinating Female Pirates
The historic record has many examples of female pirates, including one who was arguably history’s most successful pirate, ever. Following are ten of history’s most fascinating female pirates. Anne Dieu-le-Veut, French Ride or Die Buccaneer
This Day In History: Blackbeard the Feared Pirate Is Killed (1718)
It has been estimated that he and his men attacked 30 ships and stole hundreds of millions of dollars in today’s money, in treasure and valuable. However, things began to go wrong for Teech when Queen’s Anne revenge was shipwrecked and he soon lost another.
Recent Groundbreaking Discoveries of World War II Artifacts
Here are some of the recent discoveries linked to the Second World War that remind later generations that it was far more than a passage in the history books. 1. The USS Juneau was the ship which carried the five Sullivan brothers.
The Truth Behind the Legends of the Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was lost in the storm. However, the ghosts of the ship, Van der Decken and his crew sailed on- not just around the Cape of Good Hope but also around the world. The ghostly vessel can be seen to hover just below the waves- or appear from beneath them.
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Pirates Stole Slave Ships, But Not For The Reason You Would Think. Pirates were creatures of opportunity: they would only decide to take over a ship if it would make them a profit. Slave vessels were their most significant targets because they often contained treasure, in addition to slaves, that could be ransomed or sold.
How Rome Defeated Pontus: 5 Significant Events in the Mithridatic …
In 67 BC, Pompey was in the Mediterranean and quickly defeated the pirates that were causing havoc for Roman traders. By the end of the year, he was on the verge of fighting a Roman rival in Crete when a Tribune by the name of C. Manilius passed a law that enabled Pompey to take control of the war in the east.