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THE SPANISH GALLEON. - CHAPTER I. THE ISLAND.
CHAPTER II. THE FOOD SUPPLY.
CHAPTER III. HOUSE-BUILDING.
CHAPTER IV. PIG-HUNTING.
CHAPTER V. BOAT-BUILDING.
CHAPTER VI. “DUKE 2D, PROPERTY OF H. SENLIS.”
CHAPTER VII. THE WATER-GLASS.
CHAPTER VIII. BREAD-MAKING.
CHAPTER IX. THE GALLEON FOUND.
CHAPTER X. THE CASTAWAYS.
A lone survivor drifts through the Caribbean, clinging to a water‑logged chest while the sea swallows his ship. Exhausted and desperate, he finally scrambles onto a tiny, uninhabited island, where the moon’s bright path offers a fleeting lifeline. As he drinks from a hidden spring, the harsh reality of his isolation gives way to a strange sense of purpose: the chest may hold more than just wood and rope.
Soon, the island’s tangled vegetation and silent cliffs become a maze of clues, hinting at a long‑lost Spanish galleon buried beneath the sand. Driven by a family legacy of piracy and a yearning for treasure, the protagonist begins to map the terrain, uncovering forgotten tunnels and weathered markings. The early days of his ordeal set the stage for a tense, methodical hunt that blends survival instincts with the lure of hidden riches.
Full title
The Spanish Galleon Being an account of a search for sunken treasure in the Caribbean Sea. Being an account of a search for sunken treasure in the Caribbean Sea.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (489K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
2018-07-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
b. 1844
A late-19th-century adventure writer best remembered for colorful treasure hunts and lost-world tales, he wrote under the name Charles Sumner Seeley while working in law. His fiction leans into the excitement of exploration, danger, and discovery that made Victorian popular adventure so memorable.
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