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The Buzzard's Treasure? The Story of Olivier Levasseur (Episode #24)

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It is estimated that Olivier Levasseur stole over £1 billion in today's value from raiding ships throughout the Caribbean, the coast of South America, and the Indian Ocean. Not to mention his biggest act of piracy would be used by Robert Louis Stevenson in his novel Treasure Island.  His successes granted him the title as one of the most successful pirates of his time. However, he was captured and hung in 1730 but his massive amount of treasure was never found. Legend says that before his execution, he threw his necklace with the cryptogram into the crowd and shouted "Find my treasure, the one who may understand it!" 

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    • EPISODE RESOURCES

    • Rennie, Neil (2013). Treasure Neverland: Real and Imaginary Pirates. Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191668654.
  • Under the Black Flag: Exploits of the Most Notorious Pirates, Don Carlos Seitz, Mineola, NY: Courier Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-486-42131-7
  • Nelson, Laura "Samuel Bellamy and Olivier Levasseur – Two Pirates Just Kickin' Around the Caribbean" in Pirates and Privateers http://www.cindyvallar.com/BellamyLevasseur.html
  • "Olivier Levasseur". goldenageofpiracy.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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  • The man searching for pirate treasure in the Seychelles. https://ena-news.com/international/travel/the-man-searching-for-pirate-treasure-in-the-seychelles/.
  • "Olivier Levasseur". goldenageofpiracy.org. 
  • Fox, E. T. (2014). Pirates in Their Own Words. Raleigh NC: Lulu.com. ISBN 9781291943993.

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