According to legend, Captain Kidd may have buried his treasure on one of the Thimbles, off the Branford shore, or around what is now Silver Sands State Park in Milford.
And in the 20th century and in the early stages of the 21st century, the United States continues to be the one indispensable power that is willing to spend blood and treasure on that.
But the passage could be proof that there was considerably less treasure on board.
Sadly, I've never managed to find any buried treasure on any of my expeditions!
Lucy Worsley is a historian and presenter of Britain's Tudor Treasure, on BBC2 at 9pm tonight.
The new custodians of the Chop House are gleefully aware of the treasure on their hands.
They climb, and they will not be dissuaded from the treasure on which they've set their sights.
I have been reliably informed that he has treasure in Kanilai, he's sitting on treasure, on gold as they say".
One night, he said, while watching a segment about Schultz's treasure on "Unsolved Mysteries," he "went into a state".
It's a monumental book, yet with a living treasure on every page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I've pressed on other people most energetically.
La tejedora de sueños (1952; The Dream Weaver, 1967) is based on mythology, and Irene; o, el tesoro (1954; "Irene; or, The Treasure") on the fantastic.
