The New England Pirate Museum
Pirate Plaque Attack!
Pirate Plaque Attack! As you tour the museum, you will notice various plaques decorating the walls and containing interesting facts about pirate life. By reading the plaques, you should be able to answer the following questions. Tell your guide if you need more time in each of the four rooms.
I. Artifacts' Room
1. _____________________ New England's first pirate.
2. _____________________ Sam Bellamy's treasure ship sunk off Wellfleet.
3. _____________________ A psychopathic killer; called a "maniac and a brute" by his own men.
4. _____________________ The home town of Philip Ashton .
II. Dock and Village
5. _____________________ Massachusetts' governor who tried to seize "The Holy Ghost".
6. _____________________ The Blue Anchor Tavern was located near the marsh road in ...
7. _____________________ Puritan persecutor of witches and pirates.
8. _____________________ Twice hanged and gibbeted on the Thames River in London.
9. _____________________ His pirate career lasted only one month.
III. The Ship
10. _____________________ Turned "The Charles" into a pirate ship out of Marblehead.
11. _____________________ A descendant of pirates who commanded America's Pacific Fleet
12. _____________________ American President who was descended from a pirate.
IV. The Cave
13. _____________________ The home port of Thomas Tew.
14. _____________________ The last pirate executed in New England.
15. _____________________ Where Blackbeard's treasure is buried.
16. _____________________ Pirate Veal's hideout in Lynn Woods
17. _____________________ Possible Salem location of Captain Kidd's treasure
18. _____________________ New England's only female pirate.
Pirate Plaque Attack! As you tour the museum, you will notice various plaques decorating the walls and containing interesting facts about pirate life. By reading the plaques, you should be able to answer the following questions. Tell your guide if you need more time in each of the four rooms.
I. Artifacts' Room
1. DIXIE BULL - New England's first pirate.
2. "WYDAH" - Sam Bellamy's treasure ship sunk off Wellfleet.
3. NED LOW - A psychopathic killer; called a "maniac and a brute" by his own men.
4. MARBLEHEAD - The home town of Philip Ashton .
II. Dock and Village
5. WINTHROP - Massachusetts' governor who tried to seize "The Holy Ghost".
6. LYNN - The Blue Anchor Tavern was located near the marsh road in ...
7. COTTON MATHER - Puritan persecutor of witches and pirates.
8. WILLIAM KIDD - Twice hanged and gibbeted on the Thames River in London.
9. WILLIAM FLY - His pirate career lasted only one month.
III. The Ship
10. JACK QUELCH - Turned "The Charles" into a pirate ship out of Marblehead.
11. WILLIAM 'BULL' HALSEY - A descendant of pirates who commanded America's Pacific Fleet
12. MILLARD FILLMORE - American President who was descended from a pirate.
IV. The Cave
13. NEWPORT, RHOSE ISLAN D - The home port of Thomas Tew.
14. FRANCISCO RUIZ - The last pirate executed in New England.
15. LUNGING ISLAND - ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H . - Where Blackbeard's treasure is buried.
16. DUNGEON ROCK - Pirate Veal's hideout in Lynn Woods
17. MISERY ISLAND - Possible Salem location of Captain Kidd's treasure
18. RACHEL WALL - New England's only female pirate.