1750treasure
Greenie
It was here on November 13, 1750, that the bulk of the treasure stolen from the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, disabled at Ocracoke Inlet, was buried. One hundred years later, on November 13, 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson was born. He would write a classic adventure story of returning to recover that treasure in 1881 which is known today as Treasure Island. In this book, Stevenson gives the treasure map which describes the treasure buried by Captain James Flint on August 1, 1750.
In real life, it was Owen Lloyd, born in Flintshire, Wales, and last living in Hampton, Virginia, and his peg-legged brother John, who stole the treasure. Treasure Island: The Untold Story is the prequel to Stevenson’s classic.