Was Treasure Island Based On A True Story From History? | The Real Treasure Island | Timeline
Was Treasure Island Based On A True Story From History? | The Real Treasure Island | Timeline
The Real Treasure Island follows Alex Capus as he travels to exotic locales to unlock the true story behind a literary masterpiece. From the foggy Scottish Highlands to the sun-kissed islands of the South Pacific, Capus follows a treasure trail of clues -each one triggering dramatic recreations that tell the true story behind Stevenson’s tale.
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The definitive of a potty mouth for real.. you are so funny I have to use my mask
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 YouTube.
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.
No body ever found that treasure .
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.
Typical HH sensationalized Myths. George Santos Award worthy. National Enquirer & Qanon quality integrity.
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Treasure forever
Hollywood used the fantastic pirated novels. of Rafael Sabatini andEmilio Salgari forswashbuckling movies (-Errol Flynns’ theSea Hawk ,Captain Blood etc) not. Treasure Island!!
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?’
I hear the Pirates became an American baseball team.
Another American documentary that goes nowhere.
as we say in Scotland- "what a load of pish"
I am I the only one who finds the narrator’s pronunciation of proper names, irritating?
This would make great new book. π. Should it be in the history or fiction part of the library?
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.
OK
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.
Martin Donahay ?? English Professor ???? Please if you are going to use anyone to quote on such matters – use someone with more credibility and background !
19:28 does he say inβ 1979β I listened to it 3 times and swear I heard 1979.
Wow this is fascinating
There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING linking Stevenson to any buried treasure whatsoever. He wrote Treasure Island in the early 1880s with help from his SON while they were in SCOTLAND. He made it CLEAR fron the beginning that it was made to be a children’s story and NOTHING ELSE. MUCH of the suppositions written here are bizarre and have no basis in fact. Treasure Island was written to amuse his son and that is it. Cappas is a crackpot.
I read this when I was 12, Never stopped reading
Treasures Island π was, in fact, story ( not truly events)…its hiding British naval intelligence conspiracy against Spanish empire convoys ships where they carried Spanish Treasures from southern America to Spain πͺπΈ…but British( Ses mercenaries) Pirouette ships β οΈ.. they snacked Spanish loaded ships in Atlantic Ocean & Pacific… Ocean.. similar to ( 007 – jemis bond movies) .thanks
Admit it…..we allll went through a phase when we aspire to be treasure hunters searching for pirate’s gold
very American docu.. based on Nothing but just thoughts, no wonder ordinary american people began using the term FAKE NEWS
You forgot to mention RLS family and the supposed remaining treasure left behind in that bank sized vault.
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"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.
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.
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How much money is History Hit paying to put commercials in their videos for the commercial-free tier of YouTube? Not mad, but curious.
: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!
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Wow, this was great. My brother has this book. I think I will read it. Thanks for the video βΊβΊβΊ
His middle name is pronounced Lewis, not Loo-ee. He was born Lewis and changed the spelling to Louis.
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.
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I had to leave when the narrator pronounced Costa Rica incorrectly.
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 ?
The narrator needs a lesson in Classical Literature. He keeps saying Robert βLew-weβ Stevenson, when everyone knows his middle name is βLewisβ.
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.
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Sounds more like the Legend of Yellowbeard to me!
I always thought it was a sort of amalgamation of spoken word pirate tales of the respective era.
Oak island
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.