Vintage Norman Island Library/School Edition
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Discover Norman Island’s History of Piracy and Buried Treasure 🏴☠️
- For centuries, stories of buried treasure have captured the imagination with promises of gleaming gold doubloons, pieces of eight, secret caves, and fortunes waiting to be discovered.
- When prominent St. Thomas merchant Henry O. Creque acquires 1,500 acres in the Virgin Islands, members of his community begin to suspect that he discovered his wealth inside a bat-filled cave on Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands.
- Their suspicions are not entirely unfounded. In 1750, Captain Owen Lloyd and ten fellow pirates used Norman Island as a secret hiding place for 44 wooden chests of stolen silver.
As rumors about his own fortune swirl through town, however, Creque remains silent.
Did he really discover a cache of valuable coins in a dimly lit cavern?
Join author Valerie Sims, one of Creque’s great-great-granddaughters, as she follows cryptic clues passed down through her family. Could they reveal the closely guarded secret her ancestor took such care to protect?
Believed to have helped inspire Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island, Norman Island has a fascinating history filled with buccaneers, privateers, hidden riches, and enduring mystery.
- Vintage Norman Island: True Treasure Tales brings together captivating stories about the search for buried treasure, painting a vivid picture of the time when pirates used Norman Island as their “treasure house.”
When you purchase this special edition, a copy will be donated in your name to a local school or library—giving students, educators, researchers, and history lovers an opportunity to explore this remarkable chapter of Caribbean history.