tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post6948228126143002485..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: History: Black Sam Bellamy's WhydahPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-35059627845719700612016-09-08T12:43:39.489-08:002016-09-08T12:43:39.489-08:00Dannette - I'm sorry I don't know more abo...Dannette - I'm sorry I don't know more about that specifically. Figureheads were very common in Black Sam's era and since pirate ships were usually stolen, there's a very good chance that at least one of his ships had one... What a lovely name you have, by the way.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-14519188257725275142016-09-05T09:12:36.730-08:002016-09-05T09:12:36.730-08:00Hi. A pirate if ever there was one! I'd like...Hi. A pirate if ever there was one! I'd like to include Black Sam in a presentation this week, but it's focused on ship figureheads. Do we know anything about any of the ships he captained that might have had prominent figureheads or interesting towards about their figureheads? Seems totally possible...<br /><br />Would be grateful for any information. Thanks.Dannette (lady_w_fan@yahoo.com)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-6630727718025461282009-10-08T15:05:54.483-08:002009-10-08T15:05:54.483-08:00Ahoy Timmy! Thankee for yet more info and straigh...Ahoy Timmy! Thankee for yet more info and straight from the "horse's mouth" so to speak. Pretty amazing indeed.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-32842083279807795342009-10-08T14:41:16.667-08:002009-10-08T14:41:16.667-08:00Oh, one other interesting fact Clifford mentioned ...Oh, one other interesting fact Clifford mentioned was that the attorney who represented the two Whydah survivors at their subsequent trial for piracy was none other than Cotton Mather of the infamous Salem witch trials. Yo-ho! It is indeed a small world after all...Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-31908188596521441332009-10-08T14:37:59.099-08:002009-10-08T14:37:59.099-08:00Ahoy, Pauline! As I said yesterday, I wish you cou...Ahoy, Pauline! As I said yesterday, I wish you could have come to the presentation with me. According to Clifford, the wreck of the Whydah contains the only pirate "treasure" ever discovered, primarily because the men on board never got the chance to spend it since they never reached land. In addition to each man's share of the prizes they captured, they were apparently each awarded an additional 50 lb. bag of specie (gold and silver coins, pieces of broken up gold bars, etc.) and these bags were all kept together in the hold. The ship was only supposed to have 24 cannon on board, but they have already discovered over 60, most of them massed together. Apparently they were using these extra cannon for ballast in the bottom of the ship and when it overturned these cannon crashed through the decks and buried most of the "treasure" underneath them. So they are still uncovering more to this day. Pretty amazing.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com