and a treasure map in his pocket. Let’s take a look at some of the most pervasive pirate tropes—and separate myth from fact. Scurvy was a real disease, and it really did strike sailors who ...

A San Francisco treasure hunter dug up a hidden chest ... The find came less than 12 hours after an anonymous group published a pirate-style map to a “chest worth over $10,000,” findable ...

Bellamy was an English sailor who traveled to Cape Cod in search of treasure. But he also found ... area," said the managing director of the Real Pirates Museum in Salem Carolyn Shapiro.