Michael Pateman

First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas

First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau. For the first time, shipwrecks associated with the real pirates of the Caribbean have been discovered in the Bahamas. A team of archaeologists and filmmakers found six shipwrecks in and near Nassau, the capital of the island of New Providence.