The Search for Pirate Gold

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"The Search for Pirate Gold" is about: 

• A treasure hunters search for the famous pirate ship, the Whydah.
• A man searching for a pirate ship wreckage so he can become rich
• A ruthless pirate that would steal other peoples belongings. 
• Barry and his Uncle Bill telling stories of pirates and scary storms. 

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On April 26, 1717, The Whydah: 

• Pirate, Sam Bellamy plundered treasures from English ships. 
• Sank in a terrible storm off the coast of Massachusetts. 
• Barry Clifford told his Uncle that he would prove his stories about the Whydah to be true. 
• Berry fould the sunken remains of the Whydah, and turned in all his loot to the musems. 

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When the ship broke apart, much was lost, including: 

• Sam Bellamy's girlfriend, a farmers daughter named Maria Hallett. 
• The priceless treasures that Berry Clifford found. 
• $400,000 dollars
• The lives of 144 men and the plungered booty of 50 ships. 

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Almost 250 years later, Barry Clifford grew up hearing about the Whydah from his uncle Bill. At age 36, Barry began to: 

• Tell everyone in town that his Uncles stories were not true. 
• Run a museum about all the pirates from the 1700s. 
• Follow his childhood dream to search for artifacts from the Whydah.
• Sell all the artifacts to museums all around the world. 

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Barry and his crew faced many obstacles during the search, including: 

• Other divers were also trying to locate the Whydah and the lost treasure. 
• Bad weather, lack of money and equipment, and strict rules from the state.
• Barry's crew was to busy with other things. 
• Barry and his crew thought it was to cold to be outside. 

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The crew's persistance paid off, and on July 20th, 1984, they: 

• They found a gold bell with the ships name on it. 
• Sold all of the treasure to a museum. 
• They ran out of money and had to quit their search. 
• Found the wreckage of the Whydah and the lost treasure, 

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Since finding the wreckage, they have found: 

• The remains of the 144 pirates that were lost that day. 
• A treasure chest full of pirate gold
• 200,000 artifacts and more waiting to be found. 
• Broken artifacts that they are going to try to fix. 

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Instead of getting rich from the treasure, valued at $400 million dollars, Barry has:

• Kept the artifacts together so that people can learn about the history of the pirates. 
• kept all the artifacts in a basement in his house for safe keeping. 
• decided to put the treasure back at the bottom of the ocean where he found it. 
• contacted some of Sam Bellamy's relatives and he is giving all the treasure to them. 

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Fill in the sentence: 
"He and his men had been ___________ the waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean."

• Plundering
• Prowling
• Salvaging
• looting

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"Bellamy had 145 men in his crew and a ______ of five stolen ships"

• Booty
• Hull
• Fleet
• Wreckage

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