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Authors: Robert Kurson
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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship (28 page)
A Royal Navy yacht, similar to the
Drake.
A Royal Navy ship of the line, similar to the
Falcon.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF TOURISM
Cayo Levantado (western beach in the foreground). It was here that generations of treasure hunters had searched for the wreck of the
Golden Fleece.
TODD EHRHARDT
Cayo Vigia, as seen from the villa where Chatterton, Mattera, and crew stayed during much of their hunt for the
Golden Fleece.
ROBERT KURSON
Site of the wreck of the
Golden Fleece
(marked by the stick in the water).
HOWARD EHRENBERG
Chatterton (left) and Mattera, with a musket barrel they found on the
Golden Fleece.
HOWARD EHRENBERG
Musket barrel lying atop the ballast pile of the
Golden Fleece.
At first, it looked like a pipe to the men.