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October 27th, 2003, 09:52 AM
Captain Kidd. Black Sam Bellamy. Their names live in legend; in history, they were notorious pirates who sailed the waters off New England in the 17th and 18th centuries. Two Massachusetts museums tell their stories, and those of other pirates: The New England Pirate Museum in Salem, and Expedition Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center in Provincetown.
The New England Pirate Museum, more a haunted house than a museum, takes visitors on a tour, guided by a blackguard in pirate garb, through scenarios depicting pirate life. The guide tells the often ghastly but true stories of the pirates and their booty.
Expedition Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center homes in on the story of Black Sam Bellamy, whose ship, the Whydah, loaded with the spoils from more than 50 plundered vessels, sank off Cape Cod near Wellfleet in a storm in 1717. Undersea explorer Barry Clifford located the wreck in 1984; an archeological dig there continues. Many of the artifacts are on exhibit, including clothing, cannons, coins, and gold jewelry.
More:
http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2003/10/26/piracys_rich_and_brutal_ne_history/
The New England Pirate Museum, more a haunted house than a museum, takes visitors on a tour, guided by a blackguard in pirate garb, through scenarios depicting pirate life. The guide tells the often ghastly but true stories of the pirates and their booty.
Expedition Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center homes in on the story of Black Sam Bellamy, whose ship, the Whydah, loaded with the spoils from more than 50 plundered vessels, sank off Cape Cod near Wellfleet in a storm in 1717. Undersea explorer Barry Clifford located the wreck in 1984; an archeological dig there continues. Many of the artifacts are on exhibit, including clothing, cannons, coins, and gold jewelry.
More:
http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2003/10/26/piracys_rich_and_brutal_ne_history/