The Book of Buried Treasure
Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day
Ralph D. Paine, a journalist and writer of sea stories, published The Book of Buried Treasure in 1911 as a true history of gold, jewels and plate still being sought. He separates fact from legend in the case of Captain Kidd, with the inventory of the treasure recovered on Gardiner's Island and an account of Kidd's trial, then tells of William Phips's salvage of a Spanish wreck, the pirate John Quelch, the Armada galleon in Tobermory Bay, the plate fleet sunk at Vigo, the lure of Cocos Island, the frigate Lutine, and expeditions after El Dorado. A skeptical chapter on divining rods and some practical hints for treasure seekers close the book. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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