Browse the Book
The World-Wide Hunt for Vanished Riches
7 pages
Captain Kidd, His Treasure
10 pages
Captain Kidd, His Trial and Death
2 pages
The Wondrous Fortune of William Phifs
2 pages
The Bold Sea Rogue, John Quelch
5 pages
The Armada Galleon of Tobermory Bay
3 pages
The Lost Plate Fleet of Vigo
2 pages
The Pirates' Hoard of Trinidad
OF all the freebooters' treasure for which search is still made by means of curious information having to do with charts and other…
The Lure of Cocos Island
2 pages
The Mystery of the Lutine Frigate
3 pages
The Toilers of the Thetis
THE Lutine was not the only treasure-laden frig-ate lost by the British navy. The circumstances of the wreck of the Thetis in 1830 are…
The Quest of El Dorado
4 pages
See the full table of contents →
Highlights
The Wizardy of the Divining Rod
WASHINGTON IRVING was so thoroughly versed in the lore of buried treasure that the necromancy of the divining rod, as a potent…
The Bold Sea Rogue, John Quelch
THE Isles of Shoals, lying within sight of Ports-mouth Harbor on the New Hampshire coast, are rich in buried treasure legends and…
The Mystery of the Lutine Frigate
HARBORED in the stately edifice of the Royal Ex-change, down in the heart of London City, is that ancient and powerful…
The Toilers of the Thetis
THE Lutine was not the only treasure-laden frig-ate lost by the British navy. The circumstances of the wreck of the Thetis in…
The Armada Galleon of Tobermory Bay
BETWEEN the western Highlands of Scotland and the remote, cloudy Hebrides lies the large island of Mull on a sound of that name…
Captain Kidd, His Trial and Death
As the under dog in a situation where the most powerful influences of England conspired to blacken his name and take his life…