Lost Treasure of the Trinidad

by Mark Kingsley

Overview

In 1671, Sir Henry Morgan, last of the British buccaneers, assembled more than 1,000 cutthroats and sacked the Spanish City of Panama. Knowing that Morgan was coming, the Spanish loaded the ancient galleon Nuestra Señora de la Trinidad with an incredible quantity of silver and gold bullion together with a large number of people, then hid her behind the Island of Taboga in the Gulf of Panama. The pirates took the city in short order and nearly captured the ship, but the Trinidad slipped away in the night, never to be seen again.

I spent a number of years in Panama and became fascinated by the mystery of the lost Trinidad, reading everything I could find on the subject. Unable to search for her myself, I have done the next best thing by writing a modern day novel that mixes high adventure, drug smugglers, itinerant treasure hunters, and a bit of romance with a synopsis of documented facts concerning the lost Trinidad, together with my prediction of where she lies today. Will someone who reads my novel find this incredible treasure? I certainly hope so! (If you're the one who finds her, sending me a couple of gold ingots would be a nice gesture....)

By the way, Morgan's flagship ran aground and sank at the beginning of his invasion of Panama. The wreck has recently been found and is being documented. Do an internet search on Morgan's ship Satisfaction and read all about it.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044200418
Publisher:	Mark Kingsley
Publication date:	12/13/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mark is now retired after an adventurous career in cartography that has taken him to all but four of the United States and to more than twenty foreign countries. In the early years he learned the practical skills of geodetic surveying, aerial photography, and making high precision measurements from aerial photos and satellite imagery. During the latter part of his career he helped guide the development of digital imagery mapping equipment with a defense contractor and finally with a leading photogrammetric equipment developer. Coming from a practical background, he wrote operator manuals and training materials and has conducted training courses in all six of the populated continents. His travels have provided a wealth of material that permeates his writing. Mark and his wife Jill live in the southern foothills of the Appalachians with their two dogs Heidi and Beauregard.