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History Maritime History & Piracy

Oak Island and its Lost Treasure

by (author) Graham Harris & Les MacPhie

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Apr 2019
Category
Maritime History & Piracy, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887804922
    Publish Date
    Jan 1999
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459505728
    Publish Date
    Apr 2019
    List Price
    $24.95

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Oak Island poses two different challenges for these treasure seekers. First, there is a deep mine shaft — the Money Pit — at the bottom of which the treasure lies. This book offers evidence that this treasure came from the wreck of a seventeenth-century Spanish galleon. Then there is the elaborate flood tunnel which links the mine shaft to the ocean. Construction on this tunnel would have been complex and expensive, requiring a labour force of over 100 men, and it would have taken almost two years to complete. Discover the previously untold story of the British military who commanded this labour force in building the underground structure. The island's Money Pit and the tunnel, combined with adverse geological conditions, have ensured that all efforts to uncover the treasure have been unsuccessful to this day.

Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie spent over a decade investigating the enigma of Nova Scotia's Oak Island. In this book, they draw on the documentary record to present a compelling and historically accurate description of two centuries of treasure hunting on Oak Island.

About the authors

Graham Harris is a retired civil engineer living in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. He has authored a number of articles and books of a technical and historical nature, including The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: A Geotechnical Perspective, which was the basis for a recent BBC documentary, and Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure.

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LES MacPHIE has been involved in many major engineering and mining projects in Canada`s Maritime provinces, elsewhere in Canada and internationally. Born in Cape Breton, he lives in Montreal.

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