Buried treasure
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buried-treasure-172-1530156
title:
Buried treasure
text:
Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, alongside Vikings, criminals, and Old West outlaws. According to popular conception, these people often buried their stolen fortunes in remote places, intending to return to them later. Pirates burying treasure was a rare occurrence, with the only known instance being William Kidd, who buried some of his wealth on Gardiners Island. The myth of buried pirate treasure was popularized by such 19th-century fiction as
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Literary trope
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_treasure
date created:
2004-08-30T14:58:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:26:34Z
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