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Wright: The Voyage of the Herman: The Dramatic Story of the Search for the $100 Million Treasure of

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Wright: The Voyage of the Herman: The Dramatic Story of the Search for the $100 Million Treasure of
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Wright, Theon & Lone Ulrich Sutton. THE VOYAGE OF THE HERMAN: THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE SEARCH FOR THE $100 MILLION TREASURE OF LIMA. Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers. 1966. 4to, 284 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; The men on board the Herman had been searching for a remote South Sea Island atoll for more than two years - the atoll that reputedly held $100,000,000 in treasure. Their quest began when they accepted as absolute truth an amazing tale told by a Captain James Brown, a self-confessed pirate and murderer. Captain Brown revealed that the famed 'lost church treasure of Lima' had been removed from its original burial place on Cocos Island, off the coast of South America, and he gave positive proof of its location. Led by Captain George Sutton of New Rochelle, the adventurers set forth on the Herman. Trouble began immediately with the greed and lust stirred by the gold and silver and the fears and angers of the insanely suspicious Captain Brown. The treachery and deceit of two of the treasure hunters, the smoldering threat of mutiny, a conspiratorial Hawaiian landlady and her exotic young daughter and the seizure of the schooner in Honolulu and Sydney conspire to form an excitingly dramatic narrative that reads like a novel, but which is fully documented. Contains photographs and documents from the logs and scrapbooks kept by Captain George Sutton during the treasure hunt. Subject: History - Buried Treasure