PAINTING BY JEAN LEON GEROME FERRIS, PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRIDGEMAN IMAGES
While Captain Kidd and Blackbeard (pictured above) yo-ho-ho’d in the Caribbean, savvy pirates skedaddled for the biggest prize ever.
Why waste your time looting and pillaging timber, rum, and cloth when you can swashbuckle your way to loot enormous amounts of gold, silver, and gems?
That’s just what these pirates did, helped by a New York merchant who laundered the riches. What about the plank? A few of these pirates walked… to the bank.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JEFF ROTMAN, NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY VIA ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
Ahoy, mateys! A gold bar and coins recovered from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas that wrecked in 1656 off the Bahamas in 1658. Read more on the biggest heist ever.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC J. FRANKE, THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGES
Can we save this bird? Hawaii’s most endangered bird, the ’akikiki (pictured above), survived Maui’s recent wildfires—but faces a perilous future in the wild. While many are kept in captivity, only five remain in nature. What will become of them?
Biggest fish: That would be the animal in this photo, emerging from a ball of fish as birds dive into the water around it. This giant fish, which can live up to a century, has its own “day” today. What is it?
A look back in time: The remote Tassili N’Ajjer National Park is the largest national park in Africa, yet few have heard of it. It’s also been deemed ‘the greatest museum of prehistoric art,’ where ancient engravings provide a record of past civilizations. (Above, a Tuarag guide explains the legend behind the “Crying Cows” markings.) Here’s how to see it for yourself.
Today’s soundtrack:Tumbling Dice, Little Dragon This newsletter has been curated and edited by Jen Tse, Hannah Farrow, Nancy San Martín, and David Beard. Want to say hello? We’d love to hear from you: david.beard@natgeo.com.
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