Cocos Island & The Lost Treasure of Lima

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Deep in the Pacific Ocean, 350 miles off the coast of Central America sits a small, unimposing island, surrounded in natural beauty. One of the island's lesser known claims to fame is that its tropical climate and lost-world appearance were the original inspiration for Jurassic Park's fictional Isla Nublar. Better known, however, are the myths and legends that pertain to the hoards of pirate treasure, buried beneath the surface and lost for over two centuries. Hundreds, if not thousands, of expeditions have sailed to its isolated shores in the hope of uncovering the untold riches, with little to show for their efforts but the wild stories that have helped to continue the legend of the Lost Treasure of Lima for over two hundred years.SOURCES Pim, Bedford & Seemann, Berthold (1869) Dottings on the Roadside in Panama, Nicaragua and Mosquito. Chapman & Hall, London, UK. Montmorency, Hervey (1904) On the Track of a Treasure. Hurst & Blackett Ltd. London, UK. Plumpton, James (1935) Treasure Cruise. Witherby Publishing, London, UK. The Buffalo Commercial (1854) The Cocos Island Treasure. The Buffalo Commercial, 12 Dec 1854, p1. USA. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1854) The Cocos Island Treasures. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 12 Dec 1854, p2, USA. Smith, David (1932) El Dorado. Blackwood's Magazine July-December 1932: Vol 232, The Leonard Scott Publication Co. NY, USA. Cooper, Stephen (2017) Cocos Island & The Treasure of Lima. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. The New York Times (1855) News from the Cocos Expedition. The New York Times, 9 Feb 1855, USA. Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (1855) The Buried Treasure at Cocos Islands. Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 13 Jun 1855, p2. USA.------- This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh, check out hellofresh.com/darkhistories16 to get 16 free meals & free shipping.This episode is also sponsored by The Art of Crime Podcast, check it out anywhere you get your podcasts! -------For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at [email protected] or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

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0:00.0	Deep in the Pacific Ocean, 350 miles off the coast of Central America, since a small,
0:06.2	unimposing island surrounded in natural beauty.
0:09.2	One of the islands, lesser known claims to fame, is that its tropical climber and lost
0:14.2	world appearance with the original inspiration for Jurassic Park's fictional Isla Nubla.
0:20.2	Better known, however, are the myths and legends that pertain to the hordes of pirate treasure
0:25.2	buried beneath the surface and lost for over two centuries.
0:29.2	Hundreds, if not thousands, of expeditions have sailed to its isolated shores in the hope
0:34.2	of uncovering the untold riches, with little to show for their efforts, but the wild stories
0:39.2	that have helped to continue their legend have the lost treasure of Lima for over two hundred years.
0:46.0	This dark history is where the facts are worse than fiction.
0:51.0	Hello and welcome to Dark History's I'm Ben, your host as usual.
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1:03.0	I don't think I've got much to bust into before we start the episode.
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1:18.0	Quick call back to the last episode and just say thank you for everyone that came along to the live stream.
1:22.0	I think it was a success.
1:24.0	It felt fun to do for me and hopefully it was enjoyable if you came along.
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