Globe Trekker Special - Galleons, Pirates, and Treasure featuring Megan McCormick
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Uploaded by pilotguides on May 19, 2011
In this Globe Trekker history special, presenter Megan McCormick travels to Colombia, Panama, Florida, and The Bahamas, to learn about the galleons, treasure, and pirates of the Caribbean. Megan follows the route of 17th century Spanish galleons on their voyages to bring back gold from the New World, and discovers the stories and legends about the golden age of piracy and its treasures. We take a look at the treasure at stake and what still remains from that extraordinary era.
Megan's journey begins in Panama and Colombia where she visits the The Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) in Bogota -- stashed with treasures from across the Americas. She then explores the famous Camino Real mule trail and traces the route the Spanish took to transport gold from Peru to Panama City and Portobello on The Caribbean. In Cartagena she takes a tour of the forts and city walls built by the Spanish to protect their stolen gold, then takes a boat out to sea to visit the burial place of Sir Francis Drake who died here in 1596.
Next stop is Port Royal in Jamaica where Megan meets some interesting characters with a tale or two to tell about the life of pirates: Captain Morgan, Mary Reid, and Anne Bonny. She can't resist sampling some typical pirate food and drink: boucan and "pirates poison" rum.
Then it's over to The Bahamas where we learn about one of the most famous pirates of all, Blackbeard. Megan ends her journey in Florida with a spectacular scuba dive off the Florida Keys where she witnesses the last remains of the famous Spanish galleon shipwrecks.
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