Treasure In The 1500s St. Andrews

Buried treasure, eye patches, and walking the plank are all words and phrases that often appear in stories involving pirates. Tales about the voyages of pirates are often adventurous and riveting ones. It is very awe-inspiring to think about the daring lives those pirates once led. However, it might not be safe to assume that these stories are close to the truth or even based on genuine facts. In 1881 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a book entitled Treasure Island, which in return would forever change the way people looked at the term "pirate." Due to this book there are several different movies that have been created to interpret the term pirate in different ways. Black Pirate, The Dancing Pirate, Sea Hawk, and Captain Blood include some

In 1497, John Cabot sailed to the Florida peninsula. Sixteen years later, Juan Ponce de Leon of Spain traveled to North America and more specifically, Florida’s east coast. He claimed the land for Spain and named it “La Florida.” Panfilo de Narvaez and Hernando de Soto went on a mission to acquire riches such as silver and gold. They were told by an Indian tribe in the Tampa Bay, Florida area that they could find what they were looking for in Tallahassee. Hernando de Soto took his men to Tallahassee, Florida and did not

In the y 20th century, Florida had many shipwrecks including hundreds of spanish ships, and pirate ship, American Civil War ships. Every year hunters go everywhere to find silver and gold. In the 1930s Arthur Mckee Jr., started searching for long lost shipwrecks he found so many bars of silver he gained the nickname "Silver Bar Mckee." In 1715 inspired a treasure hunt lasting hundreds of years. 1715 Fleet began during the late 1950s after Kip Wagner found a one- ounce silver coin on the beach. Wagner found the old spanish salvage work site which still had coins and other artifacts of the time. Then he saw an old Cannon on the ocean floor. Fisher's group a bunch of jewels as well as gold and silver coins minted in Columbia, Peru, Lima, Mexico, Cuzco, and Bogota. A family found gold chains, gold coins, and a gold ring which was worth $300,000 that was all buried 15 feet below the ocean floor.

Marathon Key is uniquely situated to allow for diving as the keys are known for being a hub for pirates of old. Even though most dive boats are not intent on looking for buried treasure, divers are impressed with the crystal clear waters and luminescent colors of various fish species. Scientific excursions are a regular occurrence, but there are also many dive opportunities for novice divers as

In paragraph seven of the Florida Waters Treasure Hunting article it tells about, Mel Fisher, a treausure hunter in the early 1960s, used a method called the mailbox system. Using a big metal tube that was bent 90 degrees, it fit near the propeller. Jets would blow a strong current of water towards the ocean floor, blowing away sand and revealing anything under it.

Florida’s Treasure Coast is the common appellation given to the Florida coastal section, which extends from the Inlet in the north to south of Hobe Sound. It comprises all the coastal counties of Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin. The region has a rich history that goes back 300 years, where Spanish galleons replete with gold and silver, shipwrecked off the southeastern Florida shore, losing all their treasure to the deep waters. Treasure Coast provided pirates and smugglers with sanctuary during the 18th century. The Spanish explorers drove the first human inhabitants, the Timucuan Indians, from Treasure Coast, beginning with their arrival in 1528. By the 19th century, small communities began to appear as settler moved into the region. Today, the Treasure Coast is a unique mix of small town, laid-back, beautiful beach communities, and a popular family vacation destination.

Well first off let me explain why I chose this title it all started a few years ago it was time for our annual Fourth of July family getaway expedition. Mexico beach Florida was our desired destination just outside the city limits of Panama City beach our journey began like all adventures do, at home.

Piracy began rising in the 17th century in the Caribbean as a result of it becoming a booming trade center for European and rising colonial powers. Even with the Europeans having a stake in that area there was great difficulty in establishing peace. Keeping peace on the open seas is not easy compared to in a city, chasing a massive ship ready to participate in a war on the open seas is not the same a chasing a car through the streets of a city. People became attracted to the idea of becoming a pirate for the adventure on the high seas and the possibility of establishing wealth. Since piracy was not quickly quelled in the Caribbean entire cities were established by the buccaneers to further cement their presence, increasing the chances of their new way of

San Nicolas Islands is 60 miles off the Southern California Coast.It has treasure trove and artifacts known for Native American woman who lived their alone in the nineteenth century. Archaeologist and Native Americans leaders been trying to move the artifacts from San Nicolas Island to a former house,that is located in China Lake,California. The reasons artifacts should not be moved is because they are very delicate, they found stone blades,harpoon points, bonefish hooks and many more implements.

“Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts”, by Frank Richard Stockton, is a non-fiction, rollicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of the United States, such as Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Henry Morgan. The stories don’t cast pirates in the glowing light of modern day interpretations, in Stockton’s stories, pirates are bad guys! Stockton tries to show his audience that even old pirate stories can be entertaining as well as valuable. Although, the dramatic and authentic feel makes his stories quite entertaining.

Also, pirates were motivated to become more prominent due to little to no government control in the cities they were targeting to pillage. The golden age of piracy is connected to the novel Treasure Island because

*Discover the rich history of the Keys at the unique Shipwreck Museum and find treasure at Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum.

The Outer Banks is a place filled with myths, legends, and places to learn about the island's fascinating past. The Outer Banks preserve the past through museums, statues, and shipwrecks that all can be visited. Whether the stories pertain to Blackbeard and other spirits of pirates from the past or those who died in shipwrecks on the coast’s shoals, people all over believe that these spirits haunt the island. History can be revealed in places like the Ocracoke Lighthouse, the Graveyard of the Atlantic, British Cemetery, and others.

The Panama Canal has been a thought since the 1500’s with Spain’s King Charles I, but it was only until the 1900s when the rough terrain

The novel Treasure Island is told from the perspective of Jim Hawkins, a young and naïve teenage boy, who has a curiosity for adventure and treasure; however, by the end of the novel Hawkins concludes that “The bar silver and the arms still lie, for all I know, where Flint buried them; and certainly they shall lie there for me. Oxen and wain-ropes would not bring me back again to that accursed island” (Stevenson 236). Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map, which leads to Skeleton Island and with the help of Squire Trelawney organizes voyage to the sought after treasure. The crew contains the famed Long John Silver who befriends young Jim Hawkins; however, Silver is later revealed to be the leader of a mutiny that will occur on the ship