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Title: 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

Author: Ralph D. Paine

Release Date: August 1, 2010 [EBook #33318]

Language: English

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Produced by Al Haines

[Frontispiece: H.M.S. _Lutine_ leaving Yarmouth Roads, Oct. 9, 1799, on
her last voyage. (_From the painting by Frank Mason, R.A., in the
Committee Room of Lloyd's, London._) _See Chapter XI._]

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

BY

RALPH D. PAINE

Author of "The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem," etc.

ILLUSTRATED

London

William Heinemann

1911

Copyright 1911

By METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY

Copyright 1911

By STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1911

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE WORLD-WIDE HUNT FOR VANISHED RICHES
II CAPTAIN KIDD IN FACT AND FICTION
III CAPTAIN KIDD, HIS TREASURE
IV CAPTAIN KIDD, HIS TRIAL AND DEATH
V THE WONDROUS FORTUNE OF WILLIAM PHIPS
VI THE BOLD SEA ROGUE, JOHN QUELCH
VII THE ARMADA GALLEON OF TOBERMORY BAY
VIII THE LOST PLATE FLEET OF VIGO
IX THE PIRATES' HOARD OF TRINIDAD
X THE LURE OF COCOS ISLAND
XI THE MYSTERY OF THE LUTINE FRIGATE
XII THE TOILERS OF THE THETIS
XIII THE QUEST OF EL DORADO
XIV THE WIZARDRY OF THE DIVINING ROD
XV SUNDRY PIRATES AND THEIR BOOTY
XVI PRACTICAL HINTS FOR TREASURE SEEKERS

ILLUSTRATIONS

H. M. S. _Lutine_ leaving Yarmouth Roads, Oct. 9, 1799, on her last
voyage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Treasure-seekers' Camp at Cape Vidal on African Coast

Divers searching wreck of Treasure-ship _Dorothea_, Cape Vidal, Africa

Captain Kidd burying his Bible

Carousing at Old Calabar River

The Idle Apprenti