the pirate caribbean hunt searching treasure island

When the fleet arrived, like a scene from a classic pirate movie, Easton sailed out to meet them and drove the flagship of the French fleet - the St. They sent a fleet of warships into Conception Bay to force Easton out of his lair. His nickname was The Pirate Admiral and from his safe haven in Newfoundland, Easton, a former British navel officer who turned pirate, preyed mercilessly on Dutch, Spanish and French shipping.Īccording to Crummey, eventually the French had had enough.

'These people, when they were alive, were lionized, lionized like Elvis is lionized now. But that all changed after I talked to Jason Crummey, author of 'Pirates of Newfoundland.' He told me that some of the greatest pirates of all time based themselves on 'The Rock.' Some of them he said were superstars of their day. I'd never known pirates existed in Newfoundland.

More specifically, Rick Stanley of Ocean Quest Adventures was asking me if I'd like to be part of an underwater search for the wreck of a pirate ship.īut what made the invitation peculiar was that he wasn't planning this underwater hunt in the Caribbean - where the pirates Hollywood has glorified used to hang out - he was planning on searching in Conception Bay in Newfoundland. Would I like to go hunting pirates? Not the kind of modern day pirates that hijack oil tankers off the African coast, more along the lines of Captain Jack Sparrow or Long John Silver - the kind that existed in the 17th century.

The pirate caribbean hunt searching treasure island