This was one of the books that filled my imagination during childhood. I just loved it. I read it more than once and in a way I lived the story every time I reread it.

@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602

Жыл бұрын

For me, then, a boy growing up in the small Brazilian town of Eldorado - SP (the name of the city evokes another hidden treasure story) it made no sense to distinguish fiction from reality. Stevenson's book was and still is fantastic, but it doesn't contain magic just a description of a sequence of plausible facts (even if invented).

@drock5404

Жыл бұрын

ahhhh yes! me too amigo. I still have this book. One day I'll get to reading it again.

@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602

Жыл бұрын

@@drock5404 I unfortunately no longer have my copy of the book in Portuguese. It's been almost 50 years since I last read Treasure Island. This is a book I intend to reread, but this time in the original in English.

@brettcurtis5710

Жыл бұрын

Stevenson's years in Samoa left a lasting legacy - he was given the Samoan name of Tusitala - the Teller of Tales - and is buried there on the mount above his house Vailima.

@mjtorres1421

Жыл бұрын

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Admit it.....we allll went through a phase when we aspire to be treasure hunters searching for pirate's gold

@carloshannon8346

Жыл бұрын

We never really leave that phase

@michaelhamilton7111

11 ай бұрын

I am 72 and still in that phase😊

@carloshannon8346

11 ай бұрын

@@michaelhamilton7111 love it bro

@Zman82

8 ай бұрын

Phase? Lol very true but most stay with it their whole lives. It's a fantastic fantasy that could just possibly happen.

@pastorstephentucker4642

8 ай бұрын

One of the greatest blessing of my life has been to get certified in scuba diving and being able to dive for the 1715 fleet. I actually plan my vacations around where I can metal detect lol. Some things you never grow out of.

"A General History of Pyrates" written in the early 1700s by Daniel Defoe under a pseudonym is actually the basis for a VAST majority of "pirate fiction" over the years, not Stevenson's "Treasure Island", as even he was inspired/influenced by the old popular book, as it remained VERY popular in the centuries since it was written. Defoes' book is basically a compilation of recollections and "true" accounts of the various different piratical figures of ranging infamy in the Caribbean during the "Golden Age" of piracy. You see, even back then, 300+ years ago, there was A LOT of fascination with piracy, as they were often viewed as "folk heroes" or what we would call "rock stars", or "rebels without a cause". The Scottish Captain William Kidd is often famously credited with burying his loot as he revealed during his trial before execution, but hiding one's valuables in creative ways was and still is practiced by many people, it just doesn't get talked about that often, thus it's highly likely the idea of a pirates' "buried treasure" isn't exclusive to the realm of fiction. One-legged pirates weren't invented by Stevenson either, as it is written in the old "pyrates' code" that any crew member who loses a limb in battle gets reimbursed, each limb having different value, legs being listed separate from arms, hands, fingers, and eyes; if it wasn't a matter of importance/prevalence, it wouldn't have been included in the centuries old document. Stevenson also didn't invent pets being on pirate ships, as it was common practice for a ships' crew to take on pets like exotic birds, dogs, and monkeys; dogs on board ships mainly served as a form of pest control in killing any rats/mice, and U.S. President Andrew Jackson, while not a "pirate" was well known for his talking pet parrot, who infamously cursed all the time, even at his funeral, and Jackson was long before Stevenson was even born.

@tikitavi7120

Жыл бұрын

True stuff.

@mattm00ey

Жыл бұрын

These characters were often helped, and well thought of, as they could be quite generous when visiting comparetavely remote/poor regions where theyd need to hire expertise (repairs/supplies). Cornwall (England) could be first port of call and extremely poor back then. A place very friendly to anyone paying well and with plenty of links to the maritime - skills and personel.

@builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955

Жыл бұрын

Good Gordon

@shelbybarretto314

11 ай бұрын

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@shelbybarretto314

11 ай бұрын

A

This was not Stevenson's only book! The others are just as well written, with great characters and gripping narrative. The idea that his pursuit of this treasure inspired the wonderful prose of Treasure Island is silly.

@LilKeezy

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but what if he got the idea to pursue the treasure While writing the book 🤔

@solentlifeuk

Жыл бұрын

Typical american BS .... they cannot accept that someone can write without usurping

Fascinating theory. Now everybody will be hustling off to Samoa, digging for treasure.

I loved the story, which was one of the very first books I read as a young child... A true classic that every child should read

Stevenson came to Monterey to be with Fanny, not San Francisco. Many believe the seeds for Treasure Island were planted during his time there, and while on his honeymoon in Calistoga, staying at an abandoned mine called the Silverado.

captain flint is the only one who knows where it is buried

@cmdrflake

Жыл бұрын

Pieces of eight…awwk! Pieces of eight…

@user-ei9sw7fl3i

11 ай бұрын

​@@cmdrflake😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

@joakimblomqvist7229

Ай бұрын

Arrh, and the parrot!

Samoa 🇼🇸 is a magnificent country. I’ve seen his house in Apia many times. It’s near the Botanical gardens off Cross Island road. It’s pretty amazing. When you get up to where his grave is, there’s a large bell that tradition says must be rung. Yep. Even to this day

Whenever I hear of treasure Island, I think of Black Sails. Fantastic series and is so underrated. The book is awesome too. Read it when I was young and when I got older.

@McKeeNJackson

Жыл бұрын

Great show for sure

@gentryxc

Жыл бұрын

I have been hoping Starz would do Treasure Island as a sequel to Black Sails. My recollection is that the conclusion of Black Sails was set up to allow for that with Billy Bones marooned on the island with the treasure and Silver still in circulation.

@andrewphilips2457

Жыл бұрын

Haha, me too. Stellar show. One of my all time fave series. It has an 80% rating in a few places, so not THAT underrated. Just didn't get widespread viewership because it was on a smaller network. So surprised Netflix hasn't bought it. It would be a MASSIVE hit with their promotional machine.

@veryhuman7472

11 ай бұрын

probably my all-time favourite TV series. A level above hits like breaking bad.

@nautifella

11 ай бұрын

*I WANT THE SCULPTURE THAT THEY OPEN THE SHOW WITH.* I would build a library around that if it could be acquired. I'll never forgive them for not closing out the show with _Treasure Island._ It was the perfect lead in. Ah well. I'll just continue my annual viewing capped off with the _Charelton Heston_ version.

Great stuff, as always. Thank you.

Very good work Hispaniola forever

I read this when I was 12, Never stopped reading

You forgot to mention RLS family and the supposed remaining treasure left behind in that bank sized vault.

Wow, this was great. My brother has this book. I think I will read it. Thanks for the video ☺☺☺

That is definitely an interesting hypothesis. But like most things from history, we will never know with any certainty.

@The_Space_Born

Жыл бұрын

I already know everything, so I didn't have to watch a useless youtube video to figure it out.

Of course all you gotta do is watch the history channel for new episodes of oak island, unlimited budget and they will never find a thing! 😂

@ahar7624

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly, in fact the lagina brothers will probably make a series on this

@williamkinkade2538

Ай бұрын

They found an old Spanish copper coin!

The Spanish priest thinking the treasure of Lima belonging to them was funny. History is just funny.

His middle name is pronounced Lewis, not Loo-ee. He was born Lewis and changed the spelling to Louis.

@louisduplessis2075

11 ай бұрын

Isn't Lewis the American pronunciation...Louis...Looee...the French way...written by someone named Louis...have some French Huguenot ancestors...

@bryan__m

10 ай бұрын

The weird thing is it's pronounced both ways in the video. The narrator always says Loo-ee, but the voiceover from people speaking in other languages says Lewis.

This would make great new book. 😂. Should it be in the history or fiction part of the library?

@ahar7624

Жыл бұрын

One thing is for sure the history channel will get the lagina brothers to make a 3 million part series about it and find nothing

@ladyzapzap9514

Жыл бұрын

I’d call it “historical fiction”

@rjay7019

Жыл бұрын

Classics 👍

@bertjilk3456

Жыл бұрын

Definitely fiction!

Wow this is fascinating

Fascinating! Would be fun to know if it is true.

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as we say in Scotland- "what a load of pish"

:If the natives of an island have stories of a fish god that likes Pigs, then it MUST be Stevenson was there and found a huge treasure that he never spent. BULLOCKS!

19:28 does he say in” 1979” I listened to it 3 times and swear I heard 1979.

@huwzebediahthomas9193

Жыл бұрын

19:20 👍

Sounds more like the Legend of Yellowbeard to me!

historian: defined as anyone who remembers beyond this morning! so any1

Treasure forever

Most likely it was Costa Rica's Cocos Island. Three years treasure of the Americas was sent to Mexico City. But the Captain a pirate and buried on Cocos Island. The Captain Thomas Cochrane may hold a role. Naval liberator of Chile, Peru and Brazil rom the Spanish and Portuguese.

The isle St Marie off of Madagascar there is a small harbor with in the harbor is the pirate island Kidd treasure is hidden there in the water of the bay was found a 40 pound bar of silver marked with symbols of knight Templar and pirates. History channel of the knight Templar ends up there.

I always thought it was a sort of amalgamation of spoken word pirate tales of the respective era.

Hollywood used the fantastic pirated novels. of Rafael Sabatini andEmilio Salgari forswashbuckling movies (-Errol Flynns' theSea Hawk ,Captain Blood etc) not. Treasure Island!!

I do want to learn the history but the dramatization of it sets my nerves on edge. Made it to the sounds of people being whipped for their confession, but can't continue.

Reminds me of the "Oak Island" debacle....

Thompson's ship was a rouse to get everyone looking in the wrong direction from the beginning!! That's my four cents, anyway! 😆

Robert Lewis Stevenson visited Point Pleasant NJ On the Manasquan River. In 1888 and renamed Osborne Island Treasure Island. Many of the old timers believed This is where he wrote the book after!

Stevenson related how he came up with the story. But that's not exciting enough for these so-called historians. They come up with BS and call Stevenson a liar.

Oh aye mee laddie.

Guy straight up looks like Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones 😂

19:25 "1979?"

My grand dad had the first treasure island book with a map in it but I don't know what happened to the book he may of sold it in a shop in Bexhill on sea

Captain Reid if the schooner Equator, which Stevenson sailed to Samoa, was associated with Stevenson for years, as was his schooner, the hulk of which still exists. Stevenson once used them to supply arms for one faction of a civil war on Samoa.

Excellent back-history and follow-through theory of R.L. Stevenson! For those that doubt 'this could happen...there would be written record', keep in mind, you aren't dealing with an almost-thoughtless purchase of a lottery ticket here. Those who are intelligent and 'stumble upon' information that leads them into treasure hunting, RARELY tell ANYONE 'if they found it', if they even admit they were looking. Personally, I think RLS knew that if it ever came out that he had FOUND the treasure once pilfered from the Church, he KNEW that the Church, still in existence, would demand their relics back as 'stolen goods'...his motivation for silence was to protect his family, compounded by an unexpected death (that he didn't see coming, because he wasn't having a fit of consumption at the time)...justifying 'no written record', and generally covered up by the fact that he DID have personal wealth by the time he found the treasure, no one new or considered 'is he over-spending his actual income?'

Sir Walter Scott The Pirate 1821

Robert Lewis Stevenson loved OPIUM

There is no way stevensons could have gotten rid of treasure!! Someone would have known !! Unless he meltdown all of it.

19:26 did he say 1979 ?

He prob found that treasure. I mean look at how fancy all that is.

Opium! Amazing how many of our favorite authors, musicians, presidents, ball players , explorers etc. were all great because in part to their opium addiction/ Ludnaum

If you recall an old movie called black beard the pirate featuring actor Robert Newton..you recall his leading lady actress Linda Darnell.. she's my grandfather's second cousin and Robert Louis Stevenson is a distant ancestor of ours and not only are we distant kin to European monarchs and aristocrats..our family name was Darnall..but we're also related to privateers..so I think it's safe to say besides being lovely and talented in her day she was well suited to be in that flick..haha since we're related to some privateers and I'm sure a few pirates .knowing my family its not too far fetched..my dads family is pretty colorful filled with native American heroes and irish renegades rebels and rogues..but mom's family is definitely a historical whos who of colorful and good and good grief..lol😊

I wish you wouldn't say Louie instead of Louis.

@truecrimelover2022

Жыл бұрын

same it drove me crazy every time

@jinka6171

Жыл бұрын

I think he’s using the French pronunciation….

@truecrimelover2022

Жыл бұрын

@@jinka6171 yeah still drives me crazy though lol

@jinka6171

Жыл бұрын

@@truecrimelover2022 yes. I understand.

@johnhamilton4677

Жыл бұрын

I was gonna say the same thing lol

Do we have any Documentary with our Commercials?

Is it possible to "torture the truth out of" someone?

Edgar Allen Poe published The Gold Bug in 1843. The first buried treasure story about Captain Kidds treasure. Stephenson also plagiarized another Poe story about hypnotizing a dying man. Conan Doyle and HG Wells also plagiarized Poe.

Add yet we still don'i know any more at the end than at the beginning.

I think Louis Robert Stevens found the gold and spent it on luxurious

I lived on RLS Road, oppersite his home Skerryvore in Westbourne Bournemouth ☠🏝💰💰👍

I hear the Pirates became an American baseball team.

The theory that Stevenson found the treasure is absurd. I studied Stevenson's life several decades ago, and he was not a fabulously wealthy man. His writing sold well and he was able to live a comfortable life as a result, but his lifestyle is easily explained by the income from his writing.

I had to leave when the narrator pronounced Costa Rica incorrectly.

Am Gino malangkay and I found one bottle..in my area.the name of the bottle is property of treasure island ind.corp.

OK

Spielberg...b movies? Arg ....

Even if the story were true a major flaw in Thompson tale remains, How did he manage to cary All that loot to the island on a one person skiff He would have had to make the Trip a thousand times undetected to hide it in that cave. Intriguing story but I believe that is was fiction and fantasy.

Ah ain't going in a bath again. Sharks 🦈 could be hiding.

No body ever found that treasure .

Why would the pirstes return to peru ? Why not land in costa rica ?

More ads than content

@builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955

Жыл бұрын

Why dont ya get youtube premium. No ads

Capus could have done more real work to really prove his 'theory'...obviously not up to it. This will be all he will be remembered for, slurring someone dead for profit. Good work.

The narrator needs a lesson in Classical Literature. He keeps saying Robert “Lew-we” Stevenson, when everyone knows his middle name is “Lewis”.

Stevenson came from a wealthy family.

How much money is History Hit paying to put commercials in their videos for the commercial-free tier of KZread? Not mad, but curious.

😃✌️👍

The definitive of a potty mouth for real.. you are so funny I have to use my mask

Why can no one pronounce "Newfoundland" correctly. It is not that difficult.

Mr Danahay is creepy.

I saw this picture and I remembered in 1969,I was in school and there was this girl her name was victruchknanvtryactriscutus,since you have jumped the name I won't tell you what really happened between me and her,life is sweet joor😋😁😁

Who controlled the Spanish? the RCC! The richest institution in the world!!

Highly speculative and poorly researched. The use of Thor Heyerdahl's famous raft trip as evidence of the route a fleeing ship would have taken when sailing from the same harbor is ridiculous. Thor's raft was towed 50 miles out to sea to begin with to escape the direction the initial currents would have taken him anyway. Apparently whoever put this together didn't do any homework on that part of it at least.

Great story...but do your viewers a favour....stop interrupting the program. Tell us about history hits at the start or end....we get enough interference from KZread.

sorry...yoko ono did NOT further Lenon's art/music...she got in the way and wrecked it

Martin Donahay ?? English Professor ???? Please if you are going to use anyone to quote on such matters - use someone with more credibility and background !

Ha ha lm a pirate and Im going to steal yer gold land lubbers.

Fine if historical hyperbole is your thing. I stopped watching when they suggested that Stevenson's wealth came from some sort of treasure hunt. Stevenson was from a family of Engineers that made a lot of money from cunning and ingenuity, although not always through fair play.

I am I the only one who finds the narrator's pronunciation of proper names, irritating?

And its 1 mins ago ;p

Robert “Louis” Stevenson it’s not pronounced “Louie” Stevenson…. Annoying

so how can it be a "Desert" Island if it's full of tropical trees and plants 🤷🏼‍♂ that would be "Deserted" Island if it's uninhabited and you call yourselves "World History " Channel 🤣 😂

@Theater00jock

Жыл бұрын

The word "desert" meaning "deserted" actually predates the use of the term "desert" meaning " land with little water."

@oneshothunter9877

Жыл бұрын

"deserted" also means "uninhabited".

@robertblake3360

Жыл бұрын

Desert means deserted really it has different meanings when used in different terms or times

@CharlesMasone-gz8bm

28 күн бұрын

Great....now I want brownies and ice cream....🙃

Another American documentary that goes nowhere.

Jesus is Alive he loved us all you heard loud voice that you couldn't see your white and look up the heaven God

@oneshothunter9877

Жыл бұрын

A-rab 😁

Oak island

Typical HH sensationalized Myths. George Santos Award worthy. National Enquirer & Qanon quality integrity.

@FriedPi-mc5yt

Жыл бұрын

The whole thing sounds like the rambling lies of Biden. But more coherent. 😂