The inspiration for the character was a real pirate named Bartholomew ... Kennedy’s sea chest and treasure map were acquired by another pirate named Booth. One of Booth’s descendents found ...

The most valuable haul of pirate treasure ever found is heading to Galveston ... Eight survived and were tried in Massachusetts. After studying maps and court documents from the trials he ...

No, there never was real pirate treasure on Treasure Island. Treasure Island, the closest of the barrier islands to the heart of St. Petersburg, has had many explanations for its name, but it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.