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The Book of Buried Treasure - Being a True History of the Gold Jewels and Plate of Pirates Galleons etc Which Are Sought for to This Day - cover

The Book of Buried Treasure - Being a True History of the Gold Jewels and Plate of Pirates Galleons etc Which Are Sought for to This Day

Ralph D. Paine

Publisher: Aeneas Press

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Real treasure - the Lima gold, Kidd's hoard, the Plate fleet, Cocos Island - with the documents, the salvage attempts and the men ruined by them. Paine was a maritime historian and separates what is recorded from what is repeated. This edition adds a gallery of 60 plates after Turner, Aivazovsky, Homer and others, alongside 28 illustrations restored and coloured for the first time.
Available since: 09/16/2026.
Print length: 389 pages.

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