left behind by a departing pirate” (Vergano 07D). The researchers knew it wasn’t Kidd’s ship by the dates on the gold coins that were discovered. However, further explorations revealed what is thought to be Kidd’s sunken ship nearby. Unlike Kidd’s tyranny, Billy One-Hand, the captain of the Fiery Dragon, was a popular elected official. The ship, boarded at Bombay by pilgrims and merchants in 1720, carried “the pirates captured treasure worth about $375 million today, mostly in gold coins, drugs, and silks” (Vergano
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