Talk:Whydah Gally

Depth

I can't seem to find the depth that the wreck lies in on any of the sources. If anyone has a source with this information, it is fairly important to the article. -Tombrend (talk) 08:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Grollτech (talk) 12:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Interesting stuff

I like this article, but think it can be improved by formatting it like other articles in ths shipwreck category, highlighting the Construction, Working life, Pirate life, and Wreck. I heard about this ship from a National Georaphic vid on YouTube (which is a teaser for a show on Monday Jan 21), and I'm sure that that show will recycle content from a previous NG show. 24.84.112.130 (talk) 00:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC) by someone who isn't logged in.

At which yard was she built?

Is there any more specific information about where she was built, rather than just "London"? Robkam (talk) 22:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

History about the Whydah Gally

Ehrlich, M. (1989). Early Akan Gold from the Wreck of the Whydah. African Arts, 22(4), 52-57+87-88. This article has many good facts about the ship and voyages it went on. It also tells use about the treasures that were recovered from the shipwreck many years after it sank off Cape Cod. It also tells us about were the ship was built and a little history behind that. Wfjones (talk) 20:31, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Controversy between Treasure Hunting and Archaeological Ethics

The article currently completely ignores the legal battles between Clifford and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts over ownership of the site, which played out in state and federal courts before Clifford was granted title to the site. Clifford's early identification as a treasure hunter rendered him persona non grata to the archaeological community at large, which continues to this day (2013), with obvious effects on CLifford's ability to work, conserve and study the site. For a brief recap of the legal history of the site, see . For a representative sample of the more doctrinaire archaeological position, see . For examples of how this tension plays out in the more public realm of museum exhibitions, see . Erodley (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

The following discussion thread took place on our user talk pages, so I'm just copying it to here:

Thanks for the excellent suggestions! When I recently did a major re-write of this article, I had come across the court cases, and made a note to include a "legal" section during my next pass – so your note was very timely! Do you by chance have access (or links) to electronic versions of any of the references which you provided? Or better yet, you are more than welcome to edit the article yourself, if you like? Judging from the quality of your comments, I suspect you'd add a great perspective to the article. Grollτech (talk) 00:24, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! I'll see if I can find any online versions. Most of the material I have is old photocopies. I'll go in once I have something to add! Erodley (talk) 00:34, 12 April 2013 (UTC)