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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 Delahaye Paine · Mythology_Legends_and_Folklore · 16 章
目录 Treasure-seekers' Camp at Cape Vidal on African coast. Divers searching wreck of Treasure ship Dorothea, Cape Vidal, Africa. The Idle Apprentice goes to sea. (From Hogarth's series, "Industry and Idleness.") On the shore of this reach of the Thames, at Tilbury, is shown a gibbeted pirate hanging in chains, just as it befell Captain William Kidd. John Gardiner's sworn statement of the goods and treasure left with him by Kidd. Governor Bellomont's endorsement of the official inventory of Kidd's treasure found on Gardiner's Island. CAPTAIN KIDD, HIS TRIAL, AND DEATH The French pass or safe conduct paper found by Kidd in the ship Quedah Merchant. This document, which was suppressed by the prosecution, is evidence that the prize was a lawful capture. Kidd vainly begged at his trial that this was another French pass be produced as evidence in his favor. Permit issued by Sir William Phips as royal governor in which he uses the title "Vice Admiral" which involved him in disastrous quarrels. The town and bay of Tobermory, Island of Mull. The treasure galleon is supposed to have gone down in the place indicated by the cross at the right hand side of the photograph. Defeat of the Spanish Armada. From the painting by P. de Loutherbourg. Framework of an "elevator" devised by Pino for raising the galleons in Vigo Bay. An "elevator" with air bags inflated. Photographed in Vigo Bay. (By permission of The World's Work, London.) Lima Cathedral THE MYSTERY OF THE LUTINE FRIGATE THE TOILERS OF THE THETIS Sir Walter Raleigh. Methods of manipulating the diving rod to find buried treasure. (From La Physique Occulte, first edition, 1596.) Interview between Lafitte, General Andrew Jackson, and Governor Claiborne. The death of Black Beard. (From The Pirates' Own Book.) THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE