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 ...

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 of booty after a mysterious group posted a cryptic treasure map online.

Alienated from his community as a slacker and a rebel, young Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) acquires a treasure map from a dying pirate at their ... it is based on a real instance in 2009 ...

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.