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Sounds like my kind of spotDead Man's Chest - to the north and east of "St. Peter."
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Good luck to all,
The Old Bookaroo
Looks like where the LOVE BOAT often docked... "BOSS! DA PLANE! DA PLANE!"Not sure if it not photoshoped? Cool picture.
Mal
Perhaps not the first Treasure island but a strong contender....and definitely the basis of Robinson Cursoe
Juan Fernandez I visited many times taking cargoes to Cumberland bay
That said I acknowledge a little bias
Mal
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This 24-page website is horrible to navigate, but is packed with intriguing information. Juan Fernandez Island is a prominent part in the first ten pages, more or less.
http://thegreatlosttreasure.info/Page1.html
Hello Sdcfia
Thanks for the intriguing link I am not sure what to make out of the intriguing theory or is it a novel?
I am guess I am not good enough to understand the complex plot? While I admit I am no experienced treasure hunter, in fact none at all I cannot understand some of the points on the website. Its seems much has been cherry picked facts while discarding others to fit a pet theory into assumptions perhaps?
As for the locals on the island I cannot imagine what they must think of it. I did several years ago meet lovely Maria beech an artist the daughter in law of a man obsessed with treasure on the island. Who left her documents. However there are many on the island take the whole matter tongue in cheek. I heard An rather rich American became obsessed with treasure on the island and spent a fortune but to no avail....yet there are others who dream.
But now we have another person promoting this davinci code treasure theory that all treasure stories stem from one hidden treasure generic story? I cannot imagine Beale cypher's, kidds alleged treasure, oak island among others from all over the globe as connected?
https://ansonsgold.com/
Here is another rather negative view point of this treasure theory.
"The Great Lost Treasure"... - Cipher Mysteries
For me a humble sea captain I could not make any sense of their navigation calculations. At least from a modern sense. If I was to guess if there was any treasure on Juan Fernandez Perhaps treasure was hidden by some of the pirates of Edward Davies or perhaps by some of William dampers crew?
That said I leave the speculation to the experts.
Mal
I mentioned on another TN thread that Robert Nesmith's classic Dig for Pirate Treasure (1958) has an interview with Waldo Logan, describing his search on Mona Island. The late Mr. Logan has been mentioned in the news because one of his divers on an expedition to Silver Shoals (lead by John D. Craig) was Rene Dussaq, featured in a new book that claims he was the mastermind behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
There are many "treasure islands" in the Pacific. Some might even have treasure. Have you read Treasure of the Tuamatos by George Hamilton (no, not that George Hamilton - another one).
Good luck to all,
The Old Bookaroo
I'm partial to Buccaneers of the Pacifice by George Wycherley (1928). I've previously mentioned the excellen Pirates on the Coast of New Spain, 1575-1742, by Peter Gerhard.
Mocha Island is a new one - I'm going to look into it. Clipperton is another interesting island - in some ways a "sister" of the much more famous Cocos (the treasure Cocos, not the other one!).
Good luck to all,
The Old Bookaroo