Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship (28 page)

A Royal Navy yacht, similar to the
Drake.

A Royal Navy ship of the line, similar to the
Falcon.

Cayo Levantado (western beach in the foreground). It was here that generations of treasure hunters had searched for the wreck of the
Golden Fleece.

Cayo Vigia, as seen from the villa where Chatterton, Mattera, and crew stayed during much of their hunt for the
Golden Fleece.

Site of the wreck of the
Golden Fleece
(marked by the stick in the water).

Chatterton (left) and Mattera, with a musket barrel they found on the
Golden Fleece.

Musket barrel lying atop the ballast pile of the
Golden Fleece.
At first, it looked like a pipe to the men.