Four shipwrecks — including the remains believed to be a 1748 Spanish privateer ship — were recently found at a historical site in North Carolina. A team of archeologists with East Carolina University ...

PHILADELPHIA Visitors to the birthplace of America can soon climb aboard a life-size Revolutionary-era privateer ship in the heart of the city s historic district, while staying firmly planted on land ...

Research at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site (BTFA) in Brunswick County, North Carolina revealed a Spanish colonial shipwreck. Researchers believe the ship to be La Fortuna—a Spanish ...

The privateer was a privately owned vessel bearing a commission from a sovereign state that empowered her to seize declared enemies of that state on the high seas. Such seizures, or prizes, after due ...