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POPSHang On Baby! His body hung over the River Thames for over 2 years....I guess crime didn't pay for Captain Kidd. This will be a cool underwater public preserve.
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POPSShipwreck: Real Pirates, Actually of the Carribean Underwater Archeology is a fascinating field, but it's badly in need of legal support, since currently looters and scavengers not only enjoy the benefit of legal ambiguity, they exalt in their shameless destruction of historical heritage for crass commercialism and sensationalism.
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POPSShipwreck Likely Captained By William Kidd
The Dominican government has licensed the U.S. university to study the wreckage and convert the sea floor where the cannons and anchors are marooned into an underwater preserve, where it will be accessible to divers and snorkelers "When I first looked down and saw it, I couldn't believe everybody missed it for 300 years," said Charles Beeker, a scuba-diving archaeologist who teaches at Indiana University. "I've been on thousands of wrecks and this is one of the first where it's been untouched by looters." The find will likely reveal key information about piracy in the Caribbean and about the elusive Captain Kidd, according to John Foster, California's state underwater archaeologist, who will participate in the research. Captain William Kidd (c. 1645-1701) was one of the most notorious pirates in history. He sailed the coast of North America, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean, plundering ships. To this day, rumors persist that he left behind a great treasure.
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POPSCapt Kidd's Ship found off Dominican Island Arrrr I'm not sure that's how to spell arrrr, but I don't think pirates were worried about spelling. It could have depended on whether they were talking to another pirate, or being hung. Now there was a Real Pirate, (allegedly) and he sure knew where to hide his treasure. What is most important is that the ship the 'Quedagh Merchant' had not been found by anyone. Kidd abandoned the ship in 1699. He was not captured, but tried to clear his name when he travelled to New York. They didn't agree, and he was convicted and hanged from a gibbet in London as an example. It would almost have been described as a kangaroo court, but back in those days they didn't know about kangaroos.
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