In April 1717, after several months of plundering the Caribbean, the infamous pirate Black Sam Bellamy returned home to Massachusetts with his ship Whydah Gally. It is said that 50 vessels and 4.5 tons of gold were captured in it. However, a storm came and the ship was swallowed, only 8 of the 180 crew members survived, Bellamy was not among them.
When the survivors arrived on the coast, the authorities immediately sentenced them to death for piracy. However, in order to save themselves, the pirates revealed to them the location of the sunken ship. The governor immediately sent agents for the treasure, but due to strong winds, turbulent and cold water, it was almost impossible to find him. The governor revoked the action, and no one tried to get there anymore. As the years passed, everyone began to doubt that the story of the lost treasure was true at all.
About 260 years later, in 1982, a high school professor and diver named Barry Clifford, born near the site of the shipwreck, has been obsessed with the story of the lost treasure for years, and is increasingly convinced that " Whydah Gally" is still there with the precious treasure. Determined to find the wreckage, Clifford searched for maps and naval records in the libraries of Massachusetts, until he found a key trace - an old map from 1717.
The map belonged to an agent sent by the governor. The place where the ship sank is marked on the map. Barry then excitedly said, "Can you imagine finding a treasure map, that's what happened to me." He invested all the money to organize the search, he sold everything he had. The search lasted for months. It has been two years since the team started searching, and no trace has been found. The team was exhausted, the situation became gloomy and gloomy. Clifford realized that the currents of the ocean had carried away the remains of the ship in almost three centuries. They almost ran out of fuel.Then Clifford made one last attempt, dived in and found something glittering at the bottom of the window, a Spanish coin with the year 1684 written on it.
It was only when they found a bell weighing about 100 kilograms on which, under a layer of patina, was written: THE WHYDAH GALLY 1716 they had proof that they had found the right ship.
They found areas of treasure under the sand, thousands and thousands of coins and gold coins worth millions and millions. Although there were more famous pirates, this was also proof that Bellamy was the richest and most successful pirate in the annals of history. Following that exciting discovery, the Supreme Court gave Barry and the team ownership of this historic discovery. Instead of selling a treasure worth 400 million dollars, they preserved the entire collection and created the pirate museum "Whydah", so that future generations could enjoy this discovery. With 200,000 items preserved, it is the only documented pirate treasure in the world.
That was so well written