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Sandler, Martin W.,

The Whydah : a pirate ship feared, wrecked, and found / Martin W. Sandler. - 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.

Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.

ISBN: 9781536206319

LCCN: 2017931938

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Whidah (Ship)--Juvenile literature.
Whidah (Ship).
Whidah (Ship)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1799

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pirates--History--Caribbean Area--18th century--Juvenile literature.
Buccaneers--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
Slave trade--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod--Juvenile literature.
Pirates--History--Caribbean Area--18th century.
Buccaneers--History--18th century.
Slave trade--History--18th century.
Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod.
Buccaneers--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
Buccaneers--History--18th century.
Buccaneers.
Pirates.
Shipwrecks.
Slave trade.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Caribbean Area.
Massachusetts--Cape Cod.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: F2161.5 / .S26 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 910.4/5