Olivier Levasseur
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Olivier Levasseur, was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche or in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally
Gravestone traditionally attributed to La Buse (Olivier Levasseur) in Saint-Paul, Reunion
The Cryptogram of Olivier Levasseur
Alphabet of Olivier Levasseur
Buried treasure
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Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, alongside Vikings, criminals, and outlaws in the Old West. According to popular conception, these people often burie
Olivier Levasseur
…He is known for his involvement in the Nossa Senhora Do Cabo heist, among the richest plunders in the Golden Age of Piracy, and for a myth concerning buried treasure and a cryptogram. Born at Calais during the Nine Years' War (1688–1697) to a wealthy bourgeois family, Levasseur became an architect after receiving…
Illustration of pirates burying Captain Kidd's treasure, from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.
A hoard of Iron Age coins from Beverly