Beyond Tiki, Bilge, and Test / Beyond Tiki / Thee Official PIRATE Thread
Post #753043 by Bellamy on Fri, Oct 23, 2015 6:23 PM
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Hey Mad Dog, thanks for sharing that story! You know, working in a pirate history and artifact museum I hear just about everyone and their brother tell me that they are related to a pirate; it's as obnoxious as working at the Plimouth Plantation where every guest thinks that they had a relative on the Mayflower (there must have been thousands of people on the Mayflower!). But your story sounds really good. At least, my eyes didn't begin watering from pain while reading it. Mad Dog, you may be happy to know that Barry Clifford, who found the pirate ship Whydah, also just recently found five pirate shipwrecks at Ile St. Marie (the "St Mary's Island" that you mentioned) - and YES, that includes Culliford's ship, which sank there! We currently have a HISTORY CHANNEL 8-part documentary series airing called "Pirate Treasure of the Knights Templar" that tells all about these ships we found. And we have a few artifacts from each of those ships at our main Whydah Pirate Museum in Provincetown on Cape Cod (Massachusetts). We're open every year from May to October 31st, so you should come visit some time. We have the very items that were held and used by your uncle's crew - maybe even by your uncle himself! Our diver & archaeologist Chris Macort is also well versed on Culliford; maybe we could arrange a meeting for you and he could share some things with you if you ever visit. [ Edited by: Bellamy 2015-10-23 18:30 ] |