Treasure Island: The Untold Story

IT HAPPENED! In 1750, fifty-five chests of silver pieces of eight were stolen from a Spanish galleon at Ocracoke, North Carolina, and carried to the West Indies where most of it was buried on Norman Island, a deserted key in the Virgin Islands. The islands of St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Anguilla, and Antigua also found themselves embroiled in the aftermath. Afterwards, the embassies of four European nations became engaged in conflict over the piracy perpetrated by Owen ...