But do these books reflect real life?
April 13, 1999 at 07:03:27
In Reply to: A GOOD BOOK ON SPANISH TREASURE SYMBOLS
posted by THOMAS on April 12, 1999 at 20:18:19
I've got a whole shelf of Spanish Treasure Sign books including the one you refer to here. I buy everyone I can find because they're interesting and fun to read, especially the ones that attempt to document their findings or shed some light on the early explorers of our country. However, I'm skeptical that a person can use much of the information contained in these books to interpret real signs located in the real world of rocks and canyons. Despite the claims of some of the writers, I'm not convinced that the early explorers were schooled in symbols and their meanings.
Sure, there may be a correct idea or two in some of the books about what some of the carved symbols and markers refer to, but the only people who knew for sure were the ones who did the carving. If they were 16th or 17th century European, they were the first non-natives in (to them) uncharted wilderness. The signs they left behind were unique to their situations. If you see a turtle or a snake carved on a rock, it may have meant something totally different to the carver than the treasure sign books say.
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