captain kidd

A user on this forum (Oak Island Sage) who has identified himself as the author Cerris Francis (Oak Island Treasure Revelations) has been repeatedly claiming that there exists a 17th century authentic treasure map drawn by Captain Kidd (or his shipmate John Ware) and the island depicted on this...

Many books, articles and websites repeat the claim that Kidd buried treasure on Gardiner's Island. I myself made the error of uncritically repeating this until today when I decided to look at historical sources to see what Kidd and Gardiner actually said. Kidd did not tell Gardiner to bury the...

The story is as follows: a ship captain, Ray Baldwin, in 1897, picked up a sailor floating in the waters somewhere in the Indian Ocean. The sailor died not longer afterwards (presumably of hypothermia); Baldwin found a mysterious note on the sailor's body with a drawing and initials N.E.S.R.C.I...

This thread is solely to discuss the whereabouts of the so-called Kidd-Palmer treasure maps (or charts) and what happened to them. For all other discussions of these maps (whether they are authentic or a hoax, ideas on the location of the island depicted on the maps, etc) see the other thread...

Was Captain Kidd's treasure vault on the Roanoke River opened in 1909? This old article from that time hinted that the open vault may have been his...

Hello fellow treasure hunting friends! I’m a producer for a Travel Channel. Our program explores archeological mysteries around the world, teaching real history in the context of an entertaining expedition to exciting places. We are doing a program about Capt. Kidd and the search for his...

Hi everyone!! I'm currently putting together an episode about Captain Kidd for a well known Travel Channel show. Right now we are looking into Captain Kidd's stand on Ile Sainte-Marie, Madagascar against Robert Culliford in 1698. Being as the island was a well-known pirate haven, is anyone...