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  2. Treasure map - Wikipedia

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    Map created by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island. A treasure map is a map that marks the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret or a hidden locale. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate treasure maps" are often depicted in works of fiction as hand drawn and containing arcane clues for the characters to follow.

  3. Portal:Piracy/Selected article - Wikipedia

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    A treasure map is a variation of a map to mark the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret, or a hidden locale.More common in fiction than in reality, "Pirate treasure maps" are often depicted in works of fiction as hand drawn and containing arcane clues for the characters to follow.

  4. Buried treasure - Wikipedia

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    According to popular conception, these people often buried their stolen fortunes in remote places, intending to return to them later (often with the use of a pirate’s treasure map). Pirates burying treasure was a rare occurrence, with the only known instance being William Kidd, who buried some of his wealth on Gardiners Island.

  5. How Van Cleef & Arpels Turned an Epic Adventure Into ... - AOL

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    Here is the basic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, in case you need a refresher: A boy named Jim Hawkins discovers a map leading to lost treasure and sets off with friends to ...

  6. Treasure Island - Wikipedia

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    Jim and his mother escape with a packet from The Captain's sea chest, which is found to contain a map of the island on which the infamous pirate Captain Flint hid his treasure. Jim shows the map to the local physician Dr. Livesey and the squire John Trelawney, and they decide to make an expedition to the island, with Jim serving as a cabin boy.

  7. Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion - Wikipedia

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    This book is composed of what remains of that left behind by the fictional privateer Captain William Lubber. His journal tells of the chase of the notorious female pirate Arabella Drummond across the seven seas. Included in the book is a replica of a treasure map, leading to Arabella Drummond's buried treasure.

  8. Treasure - Wikipedia

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    A treasure map is a variation of a map to mark the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret or a hidden location. One of the earliest known instances of a document listing buried treasure is the copper scroll, which was recovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran in 1952. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate ...

  9. Long John Silver - Wikipedia

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    A prequel novel to Treasure Island, titled Porto Bello Gold, was published in 1924 by Arthur D. Howden Smith. [full citation needed]British historian Dennis Judd presents Silver as the main character in his 1977 prequel, The Adventures of Long John Silver, [10] and in the 1979 sequel, Return to Treasure Island.