Legendary Spanish Treasure Haunts The Guatavita Lake
A long historical notice chronicles unrecovered gold hidden by Indians at Guatavita in Colombia and the sunken fortunes of the Santa Marta galleon. It highlights vast sums, past plunder, and tales of explorers seeking the elusive wealth amid colonial turmoil.
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Western Hemisphere
Mexico
Peru
England
Spain
Porteal
Tran
Cundinanarca
Renubite
Colombia
Pedro Simon
South America
America
Guatavita
Colon
Santa Marta
el Tigre de Joasco
Flernando Arojas Y Alencon
Cadiz
Vigo
Arojas
Palisadoes
Kingston
Jamaica
el Tigre de
Treasure legends and mutinies across the Caribbean seas
The piece recounts mutinies and treasure tales from the Santa Marta mutiny near Cape Maysi and Fortune Islands, notes other robberies at Lisbon and Genoa, and surveys famed caches from Drake to Phipps. It highlights potential sites in the Tortugas, Cocos Island, Puebla vaults, and Galapagos debates, urging modern recovery efforts.
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Kingston
Warbington
New York Harbor
Santa Marta
Worster
Windward Passage
Fortune Islands
Puerto el Principe
Cape Maysi
Lisbon
Genoa
New York
Nassian
Havana
California
Golden Gate
Mexican
Francis Drake
Piedranegra
Admiral de Pontis
Cartagena
Cisne Cay
Admiralty
George B. Boynton
Drake
Morgan
de Ruyter
Brooklyn
Venezuela
Phipps
James II
England
Puebla
Cortez
Jalisco
Tacuba
New Spain
Vera Cruz
Popocatepetl
Ixtacoffnatl
Orizaba
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Bonita
Romero
Santa Anna
Revolutionary Fund
Cocos
Galapagos Group
Peru
Villazon
Bay of Campeachy
Santiago de Cuba
Dos Caminos
Morro Castle
Frivolities Bow Fancy Ribbon Hats
Describes elaborate hat ribbons and buckram foundations creating rosettes and cockades with two tone colorings and borders. Details include construction methods, color layering, and how these ornaments replace other trims for street hats.
Sewing Help Of Real Value For Domestic Machines
A practical guide suggests making a large bag attached to the sewing machine to hold scraps. Use an 8 inch embroidery hoop, cretonne, and sew to form a gathered hem. Add a back hanging pattern bag with inside pockets for family patterns and two extra pockets for patterns of aprons and accessories.
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Cretonne
Embroidery on Silk Collars and Cuffs For Dresses
Hand embroidery in vivid colors will be placed on a white faille or maire silk background to be used as collars and cuffs for tailored dresses. The design aims to enhance the garment with bright, durable stitching.
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New York Herald
Dainty Blue and White Bedroom Decorations on Gingham
Frugal guide to creating a charming bedspread curtains and bureau scarfs in blue end white gingham. Use coarse white lace insertion for center joins and ruffle headings with a deep top valance. A blue and white cotton rug ties the look together. gingham launders well for a young girl’s room.
Bread as a Cleanser for Hats Gloves and Garb
Soldiers use a crust of bread to clean white stripes on trousers and apply the idea to light felt hats gloves or a woolen gown. The tip suggests bread can absorb stains and brighten fabrics in a simple home remedy style.
Dorothy Bag Used by Milady in Sufi Frigate Campaign
The so called Dorothy bag became notorious as militants used it to conceal stones and hammers during a large scale protest. The article notes the bag as a popular handbag among the English Sufi fragettes during their smashing campaign.
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Milady
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Dorothy” Bag
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