Vintage Norman Island: True Tales About a Real Treasure Island with Pirates and Buried Treasure in the British Virgin Islands

Discover Norman Island’s History of Piracy and Buried Treasure! The pursuit of buried treasure is the stuff of legends and has fascinated people for centuries with its promise of gleaming gold doubloons and pieces-of-eight. When a prominent St. Thomas merchant accumulates 1,500 acres in the Virgin Islands, members of his community suspect he has found his wealth in a bat-filled cave on Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands. The island, after all, was the secret hiding place for Captain Owen Lloyd in 1750, when he and ten pirates buried 44 wooden chests of stolen silver, but Henry O. Creque stayed silent as the rumours swirled around town. Did Creque really find a stash of precious coins in a dimly-lit cavern? Join the author, who is one of Creque’s great-great-grandaughters, on this exciting adventure as she unravels the cryptic clues passed down in her family. They may reveal the closely guarded secret her ancestor was trying to keep! Norman Island is thought to be the inspiration behind Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Treasure Island. You'll find the 14 reasons why this is so on page 115! Vintage Norman Island is a collection of fascinating stories about the hunt for hidden treasure. This historical memoir paints a vivid picture of the rich history of Norman Island when buccaneers and privateers used the island as their "treasure house." Order a copy today! ◆ A quote from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: "And thereupon we all entered the cave ... In a far corner, only duskily flickered over the blaze, I beheld great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals built of bars of gold." TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Legend of Norman Island Chapter 2: Frederic A. Fenger's Treasure Tale, 1921 Chapter 3: Searching for Spanish Treasure, 1750 Chapter 4: The Sinking of HMS Santa Monica, 1782 Chapter 5: Prospecting for Treasure on Peter Island, 1865 Chapter 7: A Norman Island Treasure Tale, 1889 Chapter 8: Purchasing Norman Island, 1896 Chapter 9: A Coronation Gift for the King of England, 1902 Chapter 10: Purchasing the Peter Island Bight, 1912 Chapter 11: Finding Treasure in the Caves!, 1965 Chapter 12: Treasure Hunting with Tony Creque, 1986 Chapter 13: Remembering the Billy Bones Bar, 1997-2002 Chapter 14: Returning to Norman Island, 2019 Order your copy today!
ASIN: 1734386312
VSKU: BVV.1734386312.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Sims, Valerie
Binding: Paperback