Author : Peter Lourie
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781563978517
Two boys living along the Hudson River track historical clues and try to elude a crazed treasure-hunter as they search for bounty rumored to have been hidden in 1699.
Author : Graham Harris
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1554880335
Three hundred years ago, Captain Kidd was hanged for piracy, but before died he claimed to have hidden a vast fortune in the Indies. In the years since, maps to the fabled island have appeared and there have been many attempts to recover that treasure. This book examines Kidd’s life against the backdrop of piracy in the Indian Ocean and concludes that there is much to justify his claim, and even more to his story - a life of piracy thrust upon him by noble backers, men who broke their own laws and then let him die for their crimes.
Author : Barry Clifford
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2004-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0060959827
With the help of the Discovery Channel, undersea explorer Barry Clifford fields an expedition that includes some of America's top experts in shipwreck recovery. Their goal is to find, identify, and possibly excavate the remains of history's most famous pirate ship: Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley. The search takes them to a tiny island off the coast of Madagascar, Sainte Marie, known to historians as the model for Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd weaves together two exciting stories: the saga of Captain William Kidd, one of history's most baffling and mysterious figures, and Barry Clifford's obsessive quest to find perhaps the most notorious pirate ship of all time. The result is a tale of treasure and adventure that ends in death -- both Kidd's and, three hundred years later, that of a rival archaeologist who attempts to stop Clifford's expedition.
Author : Ralph Delahaye Paine
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"The Book of Buried Treasure" by Ralph Delahaye Paine. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Howard Pyle
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 37,20 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN :
Stories and descriptions of famous pirates and buccaneers.
Author : Anne Salmond
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,50 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300100922
The extraordinary story of Captain Cook's encounters with the Polynesian Islanders is retold here in bold, vivid style, capturing the complex (and sometimes sexual) relationships between the explorers and the Islanders as well as the unresolved issues that led to Cook's violent death on the shores of Hawaii. (History)
Author : Cornelius Neale Dalton
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Piracy (International law)
ISBN :
Author : George Edmunds
Publisher :
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781910125380
After a decade of research, George Edmunds has finally unlocked the meaning of the mysterious cipher carved into the famous Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of the Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire, Lord Anson's ancestral home. Here, he reveals the mystery behind locating the Treasure hidden by a Spanish Captain-General.
Author : Neil Rennie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0199679339
Treasure Neverland compares the facts of real eighteenth-century pirate lives with how such they were transformed artistically for historical novels, popular melodramas, boyish adventures, and Hollywood films.
Author : A B C Whipple
Publisher : Purple House Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2021-08-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781948959551
A difficult mission, a mutinous crew, treacherous waters, and merchant ships bearing cargoes of gold, silk, diamonds and rubies...all awaited Captain William Kidd as he found himself caught up in the doomed voyage of the Adventure Galley. But did this well-respected seaman, familiar to New Yorkers and Londoners alike as a prosperous, honest and experienced skipper, understand exactly what he was to do? After being chosen by King William's representative to undertake this secret expedition, Captain Kidd meticulously prepared to sail around the Cape of Good Hope never dreaming of the fate awaiting him upon his return. Adventure abounds in this book complete with intrigue, pirates, unruly sailors, treasure hunting and double-crossing government officials. Carefully researched, this dramatically recounted story of a ship captain and his mysterious voyage will keep readers captivated to the very end. 11 black and white drawings by H.B Vestal and a two-page map of Kidd's voyage.
