The Treasure of Captain William Kidd.

[Randawg72]

The directional instructions on the charts have always been a point of confusion. Among the strangest is written in the border of the workbox "key", or "skeleton" chart. Most commonly read as: "E Skeleton of Lεb". Which of course makes no sense at all.
I always thought that these words were probably the most pondered and also the most misinterpreted clue in all of Kidd's charts.

Considering the "Cave" and "Cliff" references on the Yunnan parchment, and that
some words are incomplete or missing, possible alternatives might be:

"East Side on side of CLiff"
"East Side of cave of CLiff"
"East Shelf in cave of CLiff"
or my least favorite..
"East Side in cave of Lεft"
Or...Any suggestions?

 

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[ISmellGold]

So Captain Kidd never hid any treasure?

But we are to believe that a known fraudster named Wilkins drew some fake charts and hid them in furniture (disguising them as Kidd charts) that secretly lead to a different treasure hidden by a Spanish captain named Ubilla? And since a dead Admiral couldn't find this mythical loot, but left some cryptic clues carved on a monument, we should all drop everything and look for this substitute treasure instead?

Merriam-Webster defines Occam's razor as "a scientific and philosophical rule that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex explanations."

If this rule is true, why is it so easy for people to believe in hoaxes, frauds, secret ciphers, alternate treasures, curses, and conspiracy theories, but they refuse to accept that some guy facing criminal charges simply hid his money in a cave?

Probably not, but thats not to say any of his associates didn't. Heck I am not sure Kidd even got a trial in England. That the whole thing was a fabrication. The book and all. Some say that Kidd was hanged right there on a beach in North Carolina along with 2 accomplices by the men on an East India Company ship.

 

[Bocaj]

The directional instructions on the charts have always been a point of confusion. Among the strangest is written in the border of the workbox "key", or "skeleton" chart. Most commonly read as: "E Skeleton of Lεb". Which of course makes no sense at all.

20 feet E Skeleton of ... makes totally sense to me - its a marker!

I always thought that these words were probably the most pondered and also the most misinterpreted clue in all of Kidd's charts.
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Considering the "Cave" and "Cliff" references on the Yunnan parchment, and that
some words are incomplete or missing, possible alternatives might be:

"East Side on side of CLiff"
"East Side of cave of CLiff"
"East Shelf in cave of CLiff"
or my least favorite..
"East Side in cave of Lεft"
Or...Any suggestions?

"Leb" is unfortunately quite visible and the rest has to be seen together with the chart. Anyone's guess what it meant - maybe its old-English or French?

Treasures are mostly not found by maps in fact maps are a very rare feature. Most are found by a combination of text (sometimes coded) and markers.

A Skeleton carved into rock would make a good marker. I would rather think it to be a skull or skull and bones instead of a complete skeleton. 20 feet E of it would be the right place to start digging.

 

[Randawg72]

20 feet E Skeleton of ... makes totally sense to me - its a marker! A Skeleton carved into rock would make a good marker. I would rather think it to be a skull or skull and bones instead of a complete skeleton. 20 feet E of it would be the right place to start digging.

Just like in Treasure Island! Flint killed Allardyce and used his body as a compass marker pointing to the treasure's location. ...Very imaginative..

"Leb" is unfortunately quite visible and the rest has to be seen together with the chart. Anyone's guess what it meant - maybe its old-English or French?

So you think the word "Lεb" is correct as written, and we just have to figure out what in the world a Lεb is?

 

[Randawg72]

the whole thing was a fabrication.

Hi ISG,
So what's your stance on the "Flat Earth" theory?