Expedition Whydah - by Barry Clifford & Paul Perry (Paperback)

About the Book

"Expedition WHYDAH" is the true story of a doomed pirate ship and Barry Clifford's lifelong quest to recover it 280 years after it sank in the Great Storm of 1717. Photos throughout.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"An adventurer, enchanted since his youth by pirate Black Sam Bellamy's role in the "Whydah shipwreck, realizes his destiny is to find the "Whydah and its treasure. ...The real-life story is full of entertaining detail: pirate history, nautical, lore, the dangerous work of sea salvage."--"Boston Magazine"Readers drawn into the dangerous straits of this quest will find themselves exhilarated as the pirate ship at last yields up her secrets."--"National Geographic Adventure Magazine"Teems with a wealth of insight into life on the high seas as Clifford reveals all you would ever want to know about Bellamy's adventures...Clifford's search for the "Whydah makes for an entertaining tale: that of a likable rogue moving ever closer to uncovering the history of a long gone, a time when pirates roamed the eastern seaboard proud and free."--"Boston Herald