News

We’re still finding treasure from this ‘golden age’ pirate shipwreck

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But ...
NPR

New research reveals a misconception about long-sunken 'pirate' ships in Costa Rica

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch. In ...