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Don White
 
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Default Captain Kidd, the Prime Meridian, and the British Navy

This is a timely topic.
Apparently, a former Floridian, who has spent half his life searching for
the Oak Island treasurer thinks he has the answer now even though he hasn't
earned a dime yet.
Those Florida boys are a little slow to catch on...eh NOYB?
see *** http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003.../f168.raw.html ***
drop down to 'Treasure Hunter.......'

Gould 0738 wrote in message
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If you're looking for Captain Kidd's treasure, we may have it.
see http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious...and/story.html


Ah yes. Oak Island.

Nothing to do with Kidd, I'm afraid. Remember, he had only dozen men with

him
when he left Madagascar. A project similar to Oak Island would have

required a
massive workforce at the beginning of the
18th Century.

Furthermore, there was no reason to stash
treasure. The majority of any prize was due and payable to the crew. The

east
coast of Colonial North America was filled with shopkeepers, etc, who were

only
too glad to do business (at special rates, of course), with voyagers on
account. It would be easier to spend it than to hide it.
:-)