The Wreck of the Whydah Gally
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The wreck of a pirate ship, the Whydah Gally, near Massachusetts is a story of adventure, treasure and lost love. Don't all great stories involve pirates?
There are many period spellings for Whydah. The spelling used matches that on the ship's bell.
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My two sons and I were fortunate to find pieces of the Whydah wreck's oaken frame & planking after a severe Thanksgiving Day storm on the Wellfleet beach. The Whydah Museum confirmed the find and, after granting us a personal tour of the Museum (led by Mr. Clifford himself), showed us the holstered pistol from the wreck found at the same spot a year earlier, and encouraged us to work in the archaeological lab, which we did, plucking silver coins from encrusted pirate sword hilts (one wrapped still in it's red silk sword knot!) for the rest of the day. My boys, then small, recall with nonchalance those the days during which these pirates of old became real! ;)
I usually wait to the end to like your videos, but that significant pause before Johnny Depp clinched it.
Perhaps Keith Richards also deserved a name check? :)
I LMAO when he said... Johnny Depp.
30 LMAO
I was thinking the same thing
Sidney Fein - Thing about Johnny Depp is when George Dubyah ran against John Kerry for presidency, CNN ran 3-way poll to see who viewers thought would make best President. Choices were Bush, Kerry, or Captain Jack Sparrow. Captain Jack Sparrow won with more votes than Bush & Kerry combined!
In the introduction I should have said "parrot" on his shoulder, not "pirate."
A few viewers have noted that I did not mention actor Wallace Beery, who played Long John Silver in the 1934 film adaption of Treasure Island. I meant no disrespect to Mr Beery.
Ah, but perhaps he had stronger shoulders than anyone realised.
didn't notice too busy laughing at your pirate impression lol
Arrrgh!
Instead of elephants all the way down, it's pirates all the way up.
But the imagine of a miniature pirate on the shoulder of a tall & dashing pirate is simply gold. And why stop there we could have a parrot or another smaller pirate on the shoulder of miniature.
wait, Wait, WAIT!!!
Pause and say "Johnny Depp" like a curse word again!!!
"Arrgghh, matey,what's that on ye shoulder ?" " That's a pirate, said the parrot..!! "
When did you get that patch on your eye matey? Arrrggghh, the day after I got this hook.
"Yarr, matey. Where ye be getting that flea bitten, disgusting thing?"
"SQWAAK! Port Royal. There's hundreds of them, just walkin' around."
A pirate walks into a bar with a mangy smelly parrot on his shoulder. " Get out of here and take that disgusting thing with you ", says the bartender. "Squawwkk...It's okay, he's had his shots..!! "
Parrot shit
AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH!
If tge bird does that on my shoulder again,
I'll have it keel hauled!!!!
I would love to see you do a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald since I live very close to the great lakes.
ditto
Was the Gordon Lightfoot essay - sorry, I mean song - not definitive enough? :P
@@JagerLange - OMG I really hate that song. It will be stuck in my head for hours now.
@@jamesbunn751 So it'll only play through about four times then? :D
@@JagerLange - They torture terrorists with Lightfoot tunes.
The BEST Pirate, is the One You've NEVER Heard about, and NO ONE Lived to Talk about.
Would love to see an episode about the USS Cyclopes. I have a family member who was lost on that ship. It has never been found and is one of the more famous mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
Which leaves us with the moot point, who were the bigger crooks. The "pirates" or the "slavers"??
An excellent video, sir.
In a society controlled by brutal, conscienceless, plutocratic aristocrats, pirates were often the most consummate democrats.
Pirates would sometimes capture slavers and sell the slaves.
@@FredBTs Pirates would sometimes capture slavers and recruit the slaves.
Thomas Zaccone True.
I will go with slavers for $400 Alex
Hello,my esteemed friend. Perhaps you could enlighten us on the following : The Great Molasses Flood in Boston and the B-25 /26 that hit the Empire State Building. Your channel is my favorite. Merry Christmas to you and your Lady,Sir.👍🎅🎄🍺
Interesting choices!
It was definitely a B-25.
Thank you.
Definitely the Molasses Flood. 100th anniversary is a little over a month away.
Definitely the Mitchell hitting the ESB !!
This would make a good movie. However, I expect Hollywood would destroy the story line.
Well done, well researched. My home waters are Nantucket Sound, not far from where the Whydah went down. Other famous history in the Cape Cod area: The HMS Somerset (blockaded Boston during the American Revolution, wreck on a Truro beach on the NE tip of Cape Cod -- her bones still surface from time to time). The T/V Pendleton, of "The Finest Hours" fame as the U.S. Coast Guard's greatest rescue. Also, the "Mayflower" dropped anchor in what is today's Provincetown Harbor (a fact many grade school textbooks frankly BOTCH), meeting the natives at what is today's First Encounter Beach in Eastham, MA (MAP: inside elbow of Cape Cod facing west). Why didn't the "Mayflower" stay in Provincetown? Simple: Fresh water supply.
Wow just wow not many people know about the Whydah Gally or associate Massachusetts with Pirates. Very well done sir Arrrrrrrrr!
Actually much of the pirate "trade" was backed by Boston merchants. The five finger discount has been around for quite some time.
well, there is that song "Mate's Lament" by the band Acoustic Smoke. I have seen it on UA-cam and I think it's actually about this whole thing.
Actually this not the first video ever made on the subject, I saw one years ago. Who could forget the ship's name?!
I'm reading a book about this right now. The Republic of Pirates. Fascinating stuff this golden age of pirates. Life as a merchant sailor was beyond harsh back then. Even for British navy seamen. Being denied food and water, lashings, being chained up in the holds, etc. was the punishment for minor transgressions. Sailors often got screwed out of wages after long sails. So many were eager to become pirates and stick it back at unscrupulous merchants and even to the navies of countries. Navies of all nations tread lightly in the Caribbean. If they didn't come with many war ships they often wouldn't venture to the Caribbean at all for fear of being taken by pirates. And that democracy stuff was unheard of for its time. Even many runaway slaves became pirates with equal voting rights and equal shares of divvied up riches. As for the Whydah, much of its treasure is lost to the sands of time. Since it was in such shallow waters, the local population began free diving and hauling up the ships riches the day after it wrecked.
Pirates in banking? That explains it.
But where do lawyers come from?
Satan's Asshole.
@@homertalk depends on whether they're on your side or not.
Infected bat eggs !
🇮🇱
@@homertalk That made me laugh out loud!
Another great video. Thanks, Hist-ahrrrrrry Guy!
Its history ARR that deserves to be remembered
You mean HisARRy that deserves to be remembered?
Or
Arr it be history that be deserved to be remebArred
HistARRy that ARR desARRRves to be rembARRRed....ARRRRRRRRR!
Growing up near the Cape, visiting the Whydah Museum was one oh my favorite summer activities. Thanks for the video, it brings back a lot of good memories and I definitely learned some new things!
Have you seen the new one in South Yarmouth? or you speaking of the older one in Ptown?
@@ctaber2011 I’ve been to the new one it’s great. And getting bigger every year. The bell from the whydah is in the cool cylinder tank and is really interesting.
Whydah Gally sounds like a modern rap artist. 😎
It makes me want to say, Whydah Galley? Why NOT da galley?"
Or death metal band, but it also sounds like a song sung by Gordon Lightfoot or Roger Whitaker who sold more albums than Elvis and The Beatles
Best channel on UA-cam! Truth is always better than fiction. Keep up the good work!
This is only partly true, the very best combined the two. Starz has a show called Black Sails, it uses real historical figures and events and dramatizes them. Torrent or buy it, you will NOT regret it. Imagine Game of Thrones but its story, pacing, and writing doesn’t turn to shit
@@peep139 yeah that’s was a great show just like game of thrones except in the pirates perspective and the Caribbean as a backdrop. That was not a true story they used actual pirates and locations that existed and maybe some of the campaigns but everything else was fiction, the drama , the women, etc. great show though.
Mr History Man . . . An uncle of mine flew his Combat missions in WWII aboard a B-25. Along for his very 1st combat flight was war correspondent Ernest Hemingway. On the approach to the target, they were hit by light-flak and an engine began to smoke . . . which then attracted the attention of other flak batteries. What Hemingway's reaction was to the sudden escalation in hostility and the crew's subsequent behaviour, has become part of our family lore . . . even if Ernest never wrote about it himself. I'd like to share it with you Mr History Man. It's a good story with a good lesson and there are some visuals and some supporting documentation to go along with it.
Contact me if you will. I'll check back here for a few days to see if you have left a comment.
Feel free to email thehistoryguyYT@gmail.com
Rasputin - Will do . . . once we have the facts clear and tell the story the way it should be told . . . unless the historyguy beats us to it.
Sounds fascinating! Tell us, we want to know.
In days in which the law-abiding were slavers and sudden death from disease or random violence a real possibility, I guess piracy seemed not so unreasonable.
So a pirate museum is located in YARbrough.
I see what they did there!
I'm from Western PA, so mainly what I know about Pirates is that they usually suck at baseball.
Could be worse... I've never understood what a "Phillie" or "Flyer" had to do with anything?
And just what the hell is a "Gritty"?
@@counterfit5 A Flyers Fan on Meth...
Rich Barr lmao yeah those jag offs lol...
Usually?
Johnny Depp is an insult to pirates everywhere.
I tend to agree.
Wasn't the Sultan also a paddle boat that had an accident on the Mississippi River? It seems, if I'm not mistaking, that you made an episode in reference to another boat called Sultan.
Seth Green the Sultana, yes. ua-cam.com/video/5DLKI4VltuE/v-deo.html
The Arabia sunk on the Missouri. Was there a Middle East theme to naming those boats at the time?
I definitely prefer Barbossa. Fits that stereotype History Guy was alluding to. Great acting by Geoffrey Rush.
Please provide the history of a young Dwight D. Eisenhauer. He led a group of soldiers from the east coast to west coast. After WWII he would be the father of our Highway system.
He also led troops against World War I veterans protesting against the conditions of the Great Depression. Many died.
Wasn't Cheng I Sao and Bartholomew Roberts the more successful pirates. Sao commaded a fleet of 1,500 ships and an army of 80,000 sailors, while Roberts took 450 prizes compared to Bellamy's 50. Heck even Henry Morgan and Francis Drake were no slouches either.
Great story, thank you.
How about the history of the United States navy medical core who sent doctors in 1959 and 1960 to study hovc2: known as S.C.A.R.S. 2 and built a base there called N.A.M.R.C. - 6 with the government of Peru the base was set up to study this unknown disease in lima Peru 11 paitence were studied were 7 died of upper respiratory failure..... Rumor has it china hacked a server at Fort Deitric in Maryland was studying it and modified it when it escaped in wuhan china
Knowing us Brits they probably broke open the wine.
There was a famous incident when the Royal Navy & Marines attacked a Spanish outpost near *Cadiz* in Southern Spain. In the great tradition of all British military blunders the powers that be had sent the force off to attack the garrison in 37C heat with *NO* water.
They crossed an almost desert like stretch of beach to get to the town where they found..... The wine & sherry store, sherry being the drink that part of Spain was famous for. The rest could best be described as an inglorious mess!
Arrrgh History Matey! Pirate Vs Parrot? Time to practise for International Talk Like A Pirate Day! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
Pirates! True Love! Mutiny! Death! Treasure! This epic tale from history has it all. Great episode, History Guy!
Not 'The Dread Pirate Roberts'!?
No, he is retired and living like a king in Patagonia!
Ha ha, I thought the same thing.
@I Control My Fate I always thought BR was considered the most successful pirate.
@@timeflysintheshop : I thought he retired in the fire swamp ?
I remember reading about this discovery in the Times with a photo of the Wydah bell 🔔
It’s a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go
Meh. I could hop in the car and be there in an hour.
Stephen Lane why I otta
ben nichols kool
Q: What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
A: Aye, matey.
LOL
I find it hard to believe that Bellamy out earned Ching Shih, the Chinese female Pirate Lord that had between 20 - 40,000 pirates working for her at one point. I don't think the magazine did their research.
You referred to 'Slaves' as 'Africans'. Well done!! They were people with a history and a culture that was ripped from them. Indeed, they were Africans, not slaves; they were only held as slaves.
I was trying to be careful about that terminology.
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered. Well done. Sadly, most aren't careful about it and it adds to dehumanizations.
The original name for slaves is slavs because they were of Slavic origin. I believe going back to Roman times.
There was so much loaded behind that pause before he said “…….Johnny Depp” 🤣
I can also add more information to this story - The Whydah story was told to Barry & my Father by my Uncle Bill when they were young teens while out hunting one day (about 55 years ago), Barry who was very interested in the story, never forgot the story, My Dad went on a different career path, becoming a Cape Cod Orleans FF/Paramedic, while Barry went on to college and then began hunting for the shipwreck which he found just before I was born in 1983, so my Uncle Bill actually told him the story, and then was alive to see him actually find the Whydah, Uncle Bill died when I was 1 year old, just before he brought up the bell. (smoked 5 packs of Lucky Strikes a day). Sadly, i never got to know him, but I've grown up with the stories from my Dad and Barry.
Bonus silent film footage at 15:24.
That was my mistake to leave there. Those are clips from Captain Kidd (1945) with Randolph Scott and Charles Laughton. The movie is in the Public Domain, and I used a few clips and forgot some at the end. The full movie is here: archive.org/details/CaptainKidd1945RESTORED
The episode length is 13:34. Where is the remaining 1:50?
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Oh, that's a great movie. Love Laughton.
The Museum of Idaho hosted a traveling exhibition on the Whydah several years ago. It did a great job of telling the story and had quite a few artifacts, including some of the "treasure." We were able to put our finger through a small hole to touch it. It was fun hearing your take on the story, including that of the young boy.
I saw the exhibit in Denver
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel that's where I saw it as well!
Awesome. That must’ve been when they were moving the museum to its new location. It is a great display. Glad your all saw it
Cocos Island in Costa Rica had a pirate treasure that was one of the biggest ever found in around 2016.
My go-to books on the Age of Sail and piracy are Cordingly’s “Under the Black Flag,” Ritchie’s “Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates”, Lineburgh and Rediker’s “Many Headed Hydra” and Rediker’s “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”.
I read and re-read those so many times, that the pages are falling out and besides the binding, the pages mostly consist of hand-written notes.
Back in college, I meant my senior thesis to be titled “Raffles, the Dutch, and the East Indies”.
I spent so much time doing research, I never managed to actually write a cohesive paper, which, had I had time to complete it, would’ve been a book of its own.
So, shortly before the deadline to turn in our papers, I walked into my professors office with a giant box that must’ve weighed 10 lbs of all my research, notes, citations, references, copies of original documents and a 10 page summary.
He looked at me and said, “Some of these are in Dutch, French, and Arabic - and you translated them?”
“Well...roughly enough just to get the general idea of what they meant.”
Breaking his cold, stiff upper lip persona, he said “Well @$&%! Most people in grad school haven’t done this much research! Don’t worry about the paper. You’ve done more than enough to earn your degree.”
Sadly, my research box was ruined when our basement was flooded during a hurricane back in the early 2000’s, so there’s no record left.
The story of Grace O'Malley the pirate queen could make for an interesting video, arrr!
History Guy - Your videos Arrr without compare!! Nice job with much detail once again!! THANKS MUCH!!!!
Two priate captains were talking each other. The first captain asked the second captain, "Where are your buccaneers?" the second captain replied, "Under my bucken hat."
LOL
Also occasionally heard at some less than optimal Tampa Bay games.
David, what's a priate?
He left out the "m"
Ha ha! Ha ha ha!😁
Very happy to hear this tale.... my backyard and of great interest to me. I still remember the divers in the local bars back in the 80s on the cape..... with tales of daring do.
Thanks!
Btw..... northwest passage history. Old and new.
I remember when the museum had dolphin shows, before it was a museum.
Anyone else notice his tie?
MadBeausuff ......yes, he looks so dapper in his bow ties! Sharp dresser, he has style, finesse 😎.
I've got piss poor eyesight, but the tie looks like it's a map, right?
Al Terego ......looks like one!
@@oregongaper YES
My favorite tie!
The East Ohio Gas Company fire of 1944 would be a good one.
You can tell this is an old video because you don't hear "Don't all good stories involve pirates?"
Avast there matey! Which particular Pirate, did you Pirate that opening Pirate sequence off? Mate, that has to be one of your all time best openings to a video! You sure has this land lubber chuckling fit to bust!
I remember reading about this discovery in the Times with a photo of the Wydah bell 🔔
Great video, love those ties. Some people can pull them off, some can't. They look good on you.
.. the rest of the surviving pirates and cut-throats formed trading companies in wall street NY or went on to build railroad and oil companies where their offspring still prosper today.
:-)
the descendants are currently in Washington trying to mutiny
I am of the opinion that we are now in a new "Golden Age of Piracy", only now they wear 3 piece suits and work on Wall Street. Thank you THG, great video!
Such a poignant pause: "Or Johnny Depp".
Director of the Bank of England. Of course he was one...
Another great historical fact! Thank you for sharing it. I do have a comment, however, I watched a program about pirates that said that the greatest pirate in history was a Chinese woman. I wonder if this is true and if you know something about it. Again, great programs about history.
History guy is a great window to the past...maybe to the futer too...
International talk like a pirate day is September 19 I think.
Maybe you could start doing a pirate history lesson every year to celebrate. Like the history lessons.
Arr! It be so, matey. According to Dave Barry one of the two men who started Talk Like a Pirate Day, while it was still a private diversion for them, chose September 19 because it was the anniversary of his divorce.
@@flagmichael I didn't Know that. I heard about it from the host of a gardening talk show.
@Rasputin we won't even get into the April 1st 1957 spaghetti harvest. I know that would be a big day for you.
@Rasputin Google the 1957 spaghetti harvest, it turned out to be a bumper crop if I recall it right. Have a good day.
@Stephanie Logan National Doughnut Day, Friday June 7 2019, according to the Google. There's a day for everything. Have a good day.
When I was little my dad had a series of Time Life history books, and the one on pirates I read over and over, and used to stare at the illustrations. I was surprised when, about 20 years ago, piracy started becoming a real life issue again in the far east and off the east coast of Africa.
Aye, was a glorious pirate tale. The long black tail on the video was on purpose?
Nope- my mistake. Are a few clips of an old Randolph Scott pirate move stuck at the end of that. Sorry!
Bonus material! You Arrr the best!
Could you do a similar video on the Queen Annes Revenge?
Every time I hear the name Randolph Scott, I get an image of a crowd of people, with their hands over their hearts, proclaiming loudly "RANDOLPH SCOTT". :o)
Lol
Agreed, but how often do you actually hear Randolf Scott? I think of that whenever I hear the name Randolf!
Blazin' Saddles
Love these longer videos that are crammed with interesting info. And THANK YOU for never including reenactments of any sort.
The majority of slaves from Africa went to South and Central America. But nobody ever brings that up..
Very good video including the random bits of pirates at the end probably from editing. @15:34 what movie is that from?
That was my mistake to leave there. Those are clips from Captain Kidd (1945) with Randolph Scott and Charles Laughton. The movie is in the Public Domain, and I used a few clips and forgot some at the end. The full movie is here: archive.org/details/CaptainKidd1945RESTORED
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Awesome thanks a million I am going to watch that movie now.
A few seconds after the 4 minute mark in the video there either was a typo in the script or our host misspoke. I believe the year 1616 should be 1716. And from 13:17 to 15:17 is dead air and from there to the end appears to be intermittent video (but no audio) from an old pirate movie (I suspect it's 'Captain Kidd' starring Randolph Scott).
It does appear to be that, since there was a reference in the Wikipedia entry to "they buried the loot from The Twelve Apostles."
Gasp! Randolph Scott! (Hand over heart.) Now’s your chance to play the part of sheriff Bart and ask “The History Guy” to cover any topic you want. He’d do it for Randolph Scott!
I believe the 'dead air' is there to thwart the AI copy right censor as is the lack of sound.
I thought it was Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn.
"... hobbled round on a peg leg with a pirate on his shoulder"? - I've only been exposed to Pirates with parrots on their shoulder...I lead a sheltered life. Don't you hate it when you upload and realise it's too late? lol 😆👍
How about the Arabia (steamboat) found in a farmers field?
They have a great museum.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I have only seen pictures, I take it you been to it.
Dont try diving this wreck its protected by Great Whites.
True dat. And more each year.
A brief brush with the short golden age of priracy. Keep those history lessons coming. They are interesting and in many ways more in depth then I was aware of. Sprinkled with surprise's of which I had no idea at all. Thank you.👍
HG--without a doubt, you are the "Bees Knees" of storytelling. And as you know, that's a really good thing. Thanks!
Study Port Royal Jamica..
..n the werk of the Widow
ua-cam.com/video/EypOHCv2JsY/v-deo.html
It was a B-25 and that incident changed the way air traffic control was handled. If I remember right in the past the Pilot of the plane dictated the route, but fallowing that accident it was the air traffic controller told you your route. It was not to long ago that a person came forward with a piece of the aircraft wreckage that he had kept all these years. It is a good story.
That should have been "It was not to long ago". The Empire State Building still shows some of the damage done to it on the outside facing.
Lovely video but whats the movie at the end 15:22?
That was my mistake to leave there. Those are clips from Captain Kidd (1945) with Randolph Scott and Charles Laughton. the movies is in the Public Domain, and I used a few clips and forgot some at the end. the full movie is here: archive.org/details/CaptainKidd1945RESTORED
What a great storyteller. One of the best channels on UA-cam.
"This title looks very 'promising" agg ag agg ag ag agg agg agg🎩 🤗" - Popeye (I am guessing if he'd seen it). Thanks yet again.
I wept when I heard he waas so close ,, omg.
Thank you.
Arrrgh! Matey, another fascinating story. Thanks so much.
Arrrrrrrrr! This be a good video....... arrrrrr....... :)
I’d like you to do a story about Boudica.
nice ending :-)
"Black Sam," Bellamy wasn't so much a, "dreaded Pirate," as he was some kind of, "Robin Hood of the Seas."
Despite being extremely hostile towards traditional, "law and order," of National authorities, he was mostly well known for his level-headed good nature, democratic style, and empathy.
His crew, who all enjoyed equal pay and a say in every matter, even revered him, calling themselves, "Robin Hood's men."
He was very tactical and intelligent, but would also give a captured Captain who would surrender without bloodshed a less strategically important ship from his fleet, as opposed to killing or marooning them on the nearest shore.
And, he was the most effective and successful Pirate in history, having captured a total of 53 vessels.
Eventually amassing a fleet of his own Pirate ships before his death in 1717 at only 28 years of age.
As far as Pirates are concerned, he was actually rather impressive.
Everyone who is interested in Pirates at all should have at least a passing knowledge of Black Sam Bellamy. 🏴
Edit;
P.S.= Hornigold's crew didn't, "Mutiny."
When he refused to attack British ships, Hornigold and Teach were voted out of command.
"Mutiny," means; Refusal to obey the orders of a person in authority. An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.
To say the crew Mutinied suggests there was an active rebellion, rather than a common democratic process.
PLEAS do an episode on King Phillip's War.
You're a rock star - wear'n your tie upside down! You "Tie Pirate" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Excellent Video as always Hound Dog!!
(Elvis burps and falls back asleep)
Fascinating. #HistoryGuy . You absolutely give me motivation to do additional research from each of your videos. That said, You should consider a segment, on the Black River Canal, in NY state. Many residents along the Black River Canal, are absent-minded of the glorious, yet at times, violent history ( some tried to blow-it-up), of this canal used for logging.
Bonus track at the end: Silent pirate movie clips!
That was my mistake to leave those there. Those are clips from Captain Kidd (1945) with Randolph Scott and Charles Laughton. The movie is in the Public Domain, and I used a few clips and forgot some at the end. The full movie is here: archive.org/details/CaptainKidd1945RESTORED
Just imagine: pirate mimes. Silent but deadly, arrrr!
Greetings from Cape Cod! Thanks for the great video.
to err is human, to arrr is pirate
They also found Blackbeard's ship off Charleston, South Carolina.
The Queen Anne's Revenge
Yes that is right.
Are you sure the ship wasn’t attacked by the “dread pirate Roberts”.🤣
Life .... The tragic comedy.
Great job! The “wreck of the ten sails” in the Cayman Islands would make a good story.
That is a good story. Thanks!
Leon Frank Czolgosz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5, 1873 - October 29, 1901) was a Polish-American anarchist and former steel worker who assassinated U.S. President William McKinley in September 1901. Czolgosz was executed seven weeks later. Amazing that is very swift by today's standard. Now that would probably be years instead of weeks at leased.
I love the image of a pirate hobbling around with a tiny pirate on his shoulder.
"John you're drinking is out of hand, I can't do another night of hanging on for dear life as you throw your guts overboard"
"I told you McGreedy was up to no good, I told you he was going to mutiny. But no! No one ever listens to the tiny pirate!"
The life of "Blackbeard" (Teach) would make a great story all by itself, including the final battle with the Royal Navy.
I find "Black Bart" Bartholomew Roberts one of the most interesting.
Not just due to the stories of brutality, but what equated to his personal war against colonial governors and the results of it.
Just a couple of ideas for a possible future episode, how about the Southern Cross flying across the pacific in 1928 (first successful trans pacific flight) or the Brocklesby air collision in 1940? Brocklesby was where two Avro Ansons collided over Brocklesby NSW, managed to become locked together and yet controllable, the pilot being able to successfully land in a paddock. Both planes were repaired, one of which was able to fly again, the other becoming an instructional airframe for training.
Keep up the excellent work.
The Whydah is a great story all right. Barry Clifford's work was regular news during the 30 years I lived near Boston, and I was delighted to visit the Whydah Pirate Museum www.discoverpirates.com/ just before I moved away. Really well done little museum, with ongoing actual marine archeology, recreations of pirates' living quarters, etc. Very worthwhile. Your excellent recounting of the tale makes me want to return to the museum for another visit.
I will keep commenting untill you cover this History That Deserve To Be Remembered
***PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE****
consider doing an episode on (The Battle of Arkansas Post) during the Civil War.
3,000 - 5,000 Confederate soldiers
VS
28,000 - 30,000 Union soldiers