by Shalin Naik

Olivier Levasseur was a ruthless and cunning pirate that terrorized the seas earning him the title La Buse: The Buzzard. Along with being a pirate, La Buse was highly educated and created a cipher to hide his 500 million Euro treasure he had pirated from a Bishop from France. His cipher has become one of the most confusing artifacts from the pirate times and has led one man to the edges of the Seychelles Archipelago trying to find it.

Sources:

Bath, G. The Levasseur Cryptogram. Retrieved from http://www.gjbath.com/Misc/LaBuse.htm

La Buse Cryptogram. Retrieved from

http://cipherfoundation.org/older-ciphers/la-buse-cryptogram/

Soteriou, H. (27 April 2017). The Island with $100 million hidden. Retrieved from

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170425-the-island-with-100-million-hidden

Burridge, G. (10 August 2012). The Buzzard’s hoard: The fabulous, undiscovered pirate treasure of Seychelles. Retrieved from

http://glynnburridge.com/blog/2012/08/the-buzzards-hoard-the-fabulous-undiscovered-pirate-treasure-of-seychelles/

Tiburcio, M. (2012). Prying Open the Pigpen Cipher. Retrieved from

http://derekbruff.org/blogs/fywscrypto/historical-crypto/prying-open-the-pigpen-cipher/

Music:

https://www.royaltyfreemusicforfree.com/free-background-music/movie-background-music

https://www.royaltyfreemusicforfree.com/free-background-music/dramatic-background-music

https://www.royaltyfreemusicforfree.com/free-background-music/free-background-music-another-life

http://www.orangefreesounds.com/big-waves-crashing-stormy-sea/

Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/miwok/10960921734/