An exhibit in the Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum depicts Anne Bonny (center) and Mary Read, who were among the few female pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy. (Courtesy of Travis Spagenhurg)
By Tracey Teo
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In a Savannah tavern, a pirate in a tricorne hat regales patrons with tales of his adventures at sea, including how he boldly plundered riches from unsuspecting ships and survived a storm that nearly shipwrecked his crew.
All that storytelling works up a thirst, and he invites everyone to have a swig o’ grog and sing along to a 19th century sea shanty. Before long, the boisterous crowd is belting out “What Will We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” as the rum flows.
That’s the scene in the Tavern gallery at the new Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum devoted to the Golden Age of Piracy (1650-1730) and beyond. The attraction itself is a buried treasure on the lower level of the Prohibition Museum in City Market. The dimly lit space provides the illusion of sailing in the hold of a pirate ship.
Tales of pirates in Savannah are almost as old as the port city founded in 1733.
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A visitor is served a drink in the tavern at the Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum. (Courtesy of Travis Spagenhurg)
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An exhibit in the Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum depicts a peaceful mutiny aboard the Marianne, when pirate Samuel Bellamy (right) replaced Benjamin Hornigold (left) as captain. (Courtesy of Travis Spagenhurg)
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The Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum features an exhibit on scrimshaw, a 19th-century maritime folk art. (Courtesy of Tracey Teo)
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
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Savannah’s historic waterfront as seen from aboard the Georgia Queen Riverboat. (Courtesy of Tracey Teo)
Georgia Queen Riverboat
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If you go
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Attractions
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Dining
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Accommodations
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Tourist info
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