The Precursors of Jacques Cartier, 1497–1534
Documentary history of European voyages to North America before Cartier, relevant to early-contact theories around Oak Island.
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Duc d'Anville's Doomed Fleet
In 1746, France sent 64 ships and 11,000 men to retake Nova Scotia under sealed orders so secret ...
Francis Bacon's Secret Island
He invented the biliteral cipher, described a tidal seawater pit in his published works, and held...
Yankey Willems: Brethren of the Coast and Oak Island
Jan “Yankey” Willems (d. 1688), Dutch pirate of the Brethren of the Coast, sacked Veracruz in...