Book
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
- Published
- 2017
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 29866
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.3
- Lexile
- 1270L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of the greediest pirates of all, Black Sam Bellamy, commandeered it. Filling the ship to capacity with treasure, Bellamy hoped to retire with his bounty but in 1717 the ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780763680336
- ISBN-10
- 0763680338
Tags
Adventure-Sea StoriesALSC NotablesHistory-World HistoryNonfictionPiratesShipsTradeUnited States-Massachusetts