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Sandler, Martin W. 
THE WHYDAH: A PIRATE SHIP FEARED, WRECKED AND FOUND
Somerville : Candlewick, 2017
IL 5-8, RL 7.7
ISBN: 978-0763680336

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The Whydah, commissioned in London and launched in 1716 as a slave ship, was captured shortly thereafter by pirates under Black Sam Bellamy, who made the ship his flagship. Just two months later, the Whydah – now loaded with ill-gotten treasure – ran aground and wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod. In 1984, marine archaeologists discovered the wreck, whose artifacts have given us a fascinating – and surprising – look at pirate life.   (Vermont DCF Award nominee, 2018-2019)

SUBJECTS:    Buccaneers -- History -- 18th century.
                        Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century.
                        Shipwrecks -- Massachusettes -- Cape Cod.
                        Slave trade -- History -- 18th century.
                        Whidah (Ship)

 
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