"Captain 'Black Sam' Bellamy and his band of pirates terrorised the high seas, looting gold from more than fifty ships and loading it onto the Whydah, a captured slave ship, before losing one last furious battle with the elements and sinking off the coast of Cape Cod in the Great Storm of 1717. Two centuries later, spellbound by his uncle's tales of Bellamy, the English-sailor-turned-pirate-adventurer, and his flagship the Whydah - 'the Black Ship' - underwater explorer Barry Clifford resolved to salvage the sunken wreck and its plunder. He has spent more than fifteen years chasing leads and heading a full-time search for the wreck site. His efforts have paid off: Clifford and his team of divers have recovered the wreck and much of its priceless treasure - canons, pistols, coinage and gold - some of which dates back to 1684. The Black Ship tells how Barry Clifford correctly estimated the position of the eighteenth-century wreckage and over the years discovered over one hundred thousand artifacts of real historical value. This is a book of adventure, history and marine archaeology, and a dramatic quest that unfolds within the context of the 'Golden Age' of piracy and the legend of a pirate 'prince' from south-west England."--Provided by the publisher.