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Cape Cod National Seashore
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pirate treasure  

Did You Know?
Cape Cod's own pirate shipwreck, the Whydah, went down in a storm off the coast in April 1717. Before being taken by pirate Sam Bellamy as his flagship, the Whydah was a slave ship, named for the port city of Ouidah in today's country of Benin on the African coast.

Last Updated: November 04, 2009 at 10:26 EST