Cocos Island: A Real Life ‘Treasure Island’
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Location, Description and Biodiversity:
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History in general:
www.cocosisland.org/en/cocos-...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/...
Articles by Costa Rican historians (in Spanish):
www.nacion.com/revista-domini...
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Articles in English:
www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobso...
amp.theguardian.com/environme...
The ‘Moffat’ article on Cap Beckett: www.coloradohistoricnewspaper...
The ‘Examiner’ article on the California Society for Archaeological Investigations:
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Sir Malcom Campbell’s expedition:
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“Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way?” - every Cocos Island treasure hunter.
"What ship never sinks? Friendship!"
No.
@@todd1737 I beg to differ. I've seen many a friendship crash and burn.
Reminds me of my dog burying bones abd then forgetting whr he had buried them
@@CrudzMcKenzie then it wasn’t a true friendship 🤙
This island has been our pride here in Costa Rica, hosting a very large amount of endemic species. I'm happy that Simon is talking about it!
I can see why ! What an Outstandingly Beautiful part of the world you live in!
Simon, your beard is approaching Norwegian Death Metal status. Congrats.
I have been scuba diving at and around Cocos Island. We slept aboard a small ship but took a couple of trips onto the island. It was very beautiful and it's wonderful that the Costa Rican government does not allow people to stay on the island (except scientists). Diving in the area was exciting and gorgeous. I will never forget that trip and it was about 25 years ago.
Wow ages ago
How much did it cost
Wy is it good to limit people freedoms? Governments overstretch their authority far too often. The Earth and it's creature innately belong to know one.. no one 'owns' the Earth or any part of it. The Earth owns us and can tare our civilization to pieces with natural disasters. If a child of the planet wishes to be blessed by the beautiful nature it created by being there no other child of the planet should have authority to stop it. These flaws in our civilization including the nasty cartels among other things is why I loath my species and wish for our complete destruction unless things change.
"Don't all good stories involve pirates?"
-THG
"THG"?
The History Guy
It was so nice to see Coco's Island having a video dedicated for this slice of paradise on earth, making the heart of this proud Tica fill with happiness (hi from a faithful supporter from Costa Rica 🇨🇷) . And the true treasure of the island is her amazing biodiversity both on the island and on his waters. Is a journey that if you are able to do, will connect you with nature in ways impossible to describe with words.
@Leo the British-Filipino -- I would prefer the gold. 😁👍$$$
My grandmother (departed) once told me about an old silver coin in the family that her father, my great-grandfather, found on Cocos Island in 1905.
Her father gifted it to her first daughter, my aunt, before he died 1954. That, GG-pa said with a smile "de Bonito Benito". Put in the 15 day old baby's hands and croaked. It can't be..... Can it?
There may have been a treasure on the island... but you can be sure as hell that it's been found a long time ago. But there may have been coin dropped as someone tried to drag the loot home. Precious metals are a whole lot heavier than people first anticipate. A large crate of gold coin weighs a literal ton...
Considering what treasure hunters have done and continue to do to Oak Island, limiting access to the island seems like a good idea.
But its a good show!
The history of the island really is interesting.
Yet so much of it has been lost or destroyed over the centuries. Take the ship the show say they found in the swamp. If there really is a 16th or 17th century ship in there, so much information about it has been lost by ripping it out of the swamp with an excavator. It makes me cringe.
I really enjoyed Simon’s ‘Decoding the Unknown’ episode on Oak Island.
I hate regulation.
@@TheRealJaded Well, if we had none, every bit of human history would be destroyed just to make a bit of money for a few lucky people.
1:15 - Chapter 1 - La isla de cocos
3:20 - Chapter 2 - Pirate's delight
5:30 - Chapter 3 - A bullet for the captain
7:30 - Chapter 4 - Mother of all treasures
9:45 - Mid roll ads
11:00 - Chapter 5 - Hunting season
14:30 - Chapter 6 - The seadog & the speed king
16:50 - Chapter 7 - Science steps in
18:20 - Chapter 8 - An unpaid bill
You are the goat!
The treasure hunters represent the main reason why Simon is talking about this remote island.
New life goal: become a really good park ranger and live on the island
Suerte con eso, yo quise ser un guardaparques en la isla pero cada vez que habren una plaza por retiro de algun guardaparques la habren para algun puesto administrativo, hay una corrupción enorme en cuanto a el sistema de guardaparques
These stories of buried treasure exist because of stories of buried treasure lol thanks Simon. Love your content
Just in time!! I was looking for something to listen to while I did my work and this video pops up! Thanks for making my work more enjoyable! 😄😄
Fun fact: Monks and priests likley buried more treasure in the UK , presumably to avoid local political turmoil (or the Danes) 😆
It’s wild going from super composed and professional videos like this, biographies, etc to your cocaine fueled meme spamming tangents on Brain Blaze😂
Perfectly balanced
OGBB!
Wonderful story. That tiny island has been so tread upon by so many searching for something that probably was never there. I'm surprised no one mentioned that even Franklin D. Roosevelt engaged in treasure hunting there.
That was Oak Island that FDR treasure hunted on.
The animation was top notch in this one!
I was talking about this place the past weekend to one of my mates. Oh I was talking about the Keeling Islands one lol.
"How about just play in the lottery?" long awaited sequel from the author of "The lottery is a tax on the poor" xD
That line was one of the best subtle in-jokes I've seen on here. Loved it.
I'm going to start a kickstarter campaign to create genetically enhanced, sentient squirrel treasure hunters. Either I'll get rich, or it'll be squirrel skynet. So awesome EITHER way!
I, for one, welcome our genetically enhanced sentient squirrel overlords.
@@joycejames8461 Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well....
@@joycejames8461 Aaaaannnd... noted. 🐿👍
Make sure you use the cool multicolored squirrels from India. If you've never seen them you should look them up. They very cool looking.
Amazing how the thought of shiny metals and compressed carbon can make people so loopy over the idea of finding it... :P
I think it's the idea of trading those things for more useful things that gets people excited. (Money is such a wild concept lol)
_SIMON WHISTLER_ = *PROLIFIC*
_This man is busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest!_
Busier than a one armed paper hanger.
After finding out this wasn't about the keeling Islands all I have to say the keeling Islands also have an interesting tale, I think it would be worth of a video on its own
One of your fellow CZcams vloggers has said that "all great stories have pirates in them." Thanks for hosting several of them.
"Yo no envidio los goces de Europa, la grandeza que en ella se encierra. Es m veces más bella mi tierra con su palma su brida y su sol." Did you know that Costa Rica is one of the only countries in the World to gain forest are instead of loosing more. Over 40% if the country's territory is a protected natural reserve.
Great stories, awesome story teller. I’ve been to Canu Island off Costa Rica, which is a Biological Reserve with a similar history. I spent the day diving and picnicking on the beach. The wall of jungle bordering the beach appears nearly impenetrable, I was so intrigued by the absolute wilderness. I would have loved to have “slipped in” and lived there for awhile. I felt a huge sense of loss as we sailed away at the end of the day, as it is illegal to hike in off the beach
I rememember stumbling upon the story of Cocos as a kid. I also remember thinking, if someone finds the treasure, they'd best not tell anyone.
What a great story!
I just had Run The Jewels playing in my head throughout this entire video.
So much so that I may have gotten my own copyright strike 😂
For movie buffs, Cocos Island is essentially where Jurassic Park places Isla Sorna.
William Dampier holidayed in Western Australia.
He loved it.....really.....
I think that this whole tale really emphasizes the lengths people will go for greed. Just leave the damn fishes alone people.
I got excited thinking it was about the keeling Islands as I will be building a runway/air force base hopefully in the next year
The subtitles trying to spell Cocos is pretty fun.
I've always been fascinated by the age of pirates 🙂👌
what a amazing place, keep it looking awesome
The first time I heard of this island me and my friend were looking at a map in class and found the island and had a good laugh bc we were in 6th grade and cocos island was hilarious to us
Pura Vida, Geographics!
You suffered a plane crash above the ocean, only you and one other passenger survived. You get washed up on a deserted island.
As you wake up, you realize they woke up before you. You look around and find them sitting on a huge pile of coconuts. While you were unconscious, they went around and collected every single coconut. There is no food on the island other than coconuts.
Wrong. There are multiple sources of food sitting on those coconuts if they don't share
I bet i could find some crabs
Thanks
I feel like today’s modern metal detectors would have found this by now.
someone finds 15 billion first thing they gonna do is call governemnt and media?
i wouldnt be surprised if that gold was long gone
@@userjarabecko Be tough to move that much metal without people knowing.
I'm wanting you to do a segment on the Donner Party or the Donner pass on one of your channels. You mentioned it in the Oregon Trail segment, but nothing ever came of it. It would be awesome, especially after the hit shows like Yellowjackets and 1883.
While the gold is worth much, the environment is priceless. Still, a shame the treasures are lost.
All right ya scurvy sea dawgs, who needs a quartermaster for a daring venture for treasure!
only thing i need is a boat
You should do Puerto Rico or Hawaii or even Alaska
A Canadian sailor in 1844? Would he just be British at that point?
Aww I wanted to know more about the animals on the island
I went to cocos island in december 2019, stayed there for a month, i didn't look for the treasure since i didn't knew any details at that time, when i came back i started investigating what i could and now i have a theory of why the treasure hasn't been found since when i was there i saw some funny things about the geography
Lol I was expecting a doco about Keeling islands.
You should do a video on cappodokia
I had a dream last night that you did a geographics video on Earth
18:09 seriously had me like :O
Whoever had the idea of unskippible ads needs to get strung up.
The ending counting the death toll in my head sounded like THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS...
And a German governor left broke and broken...
Glad it's not just me
Since you mentioned Jaques Cousteau, may I suggest a Biographics for him?
I'm sort of surprised he hasn't done one on Cousteau yet.
Can you please make a video about Seville? Loads of history from the Greeks, Romans, Moors, Vikings to Columbus and so on.
As someone who grew up in Launceston Tasmania, it was very odd to hear our local rag quoted in this video.
0:40. Old but excellent joke.
Invest wisely in wenches!
“Bachelor’s Delight”
“Bonito Banito”
Pfffthahaha
This is like on Critical Role when they “bowered” a ship, and changed it’s name from “Squall Eater” to Ball “Eater”.
I wonder if this island is what the game series Monkey Island is based off of. It's surprisingly similar.
...a 'Whistle-Out' to Whistler~
"Relámpago". You see that little thingy on top of the "a". That means you make emphasis on that "á", not the one without it.
Will Thompson was no pirate and his first mate's name was James Alexander Forbes. Thompson went to Newfoundland and that is where he met Keeting.
Your sacrism and flippant attitude is refreshing
i hope the Editor took the Model of the "Space Station" because they found it hilarious dumb :D
How many channels do you have?
Steikje stili å sann
Can Simon Whistler please make a guest appearance on VisualPolitik?
It's best that this pristine environment is preserved
Bootie Island arrr I'm all in, wait who is that... The island boys, the island boys! Ahhhhhh run away!!!
Makes me want to get a shovel and a boat
Now that's a pirate's treasure island story.
William Dampier? did he go on to become a noted explorer, or did they just happen to have the same name?
Simon….. how many channels do you narrate for?? 😂
19:20 What is that monstrosity? My head hurts just looking at that. None of it makes any sense.
ARRRRRR!! Thou she blows, nary treasure here me mat-ees says I!
😂🏴☠️
The park rangers must be the most unlucky bunch. All that time on the island and no booty.
If the treasure is there then it should be left there. The legend is too great to see ended with someone hauling the treasure out.
Can you please do a Biographics on Cabeza de Vaca?
Lol Simon really infuriated at all the booty research needed for this video 😂 bachelors delight?
Arh, a burred pirate treasure story from Simon, I don't really care they didn't find it, it was still a fun ride.
Lol Simon said booty.
It sounds like the island itself is the treasure. For years fools visited and were surrounded by it, but their eyes were blinded by greed.
@Cancer McAids Nah, but you can get people to pay money to come see them. When you got more than half a brain it's easy to monetize a natural wonder, for those incapable of appreciating the true values of it, as is.
Simon!! Your beard is getting out of hand! You look like a pirate!
I mean that in the nicest way possible my friend.
Do they put errors in the bottom headlines on purpose?
So basically pirates are like squirrels: they bury stuff and then they either die or they forget where they put it
A seven foot tall statue of the Madonna would way more than a ton. Probably closer to 3000 lbs. This whole tale, as fun as it is, has the ring of a "sea story." In that vein, you should have begun with the phrase, "This is no Sh*t."
While I am not sure if there is gold on the island, I am sure in every remote place in the world there is a seedy bar/pub and in there is a man with a old map with a X on it.
I'm not very up to snuff on the legalities of treasure-hunting, but wouldn't that treasure belong to Costa Rica anyway as an archeological find? If that's the case, I'll honestly be more interested in the sharks and turtles.
If the items were documented as stolen or lost they are typically returned to the place of origin. Otherwise yes they would belong to the State they are found in and would go to whatever sort of Department of Antiquities they have.
I heard about this island when I was 17 . I'm 45 now.
Had a dream about of building my own submarine and investigating this place. Ah...
The power of youthful imagination. Gonna go find it.
I'm currently looking for a gold mine in New Mexico.
when the stories are better than what they were all trying to achieve.
I’d rather take my chances digging through sand than playing the lottery, you know what they say, “playing the lottery is for suckers”. I think I’d have more luck. Especially with a few dozen backhoes or bucket wheel excavator.
today, the Lima treasure (whilst it has much cash value)
would be more interesting for its archeological significance
it would be of great cultural significance to find such a hoard, especially given that it purportedly contains both early South American Catholic relics and objects repurposed from the Inca civilization... something we do not have enough of for the research of that period...
Comercial ends at 00:11, 10:58
Interesting.
Also Rest In Peace to those that passed away.
Did Simon just tell us to take part in "the tax on the poor"?
Can we have some yo yo yo merch Simon
Assuming Marie was fairly slim we can reasonably transcribe the statue to a cylindrical shape 1 foot wide and 7 foot tall and round that off to metric = 30cm * pi * 7 * 30cm = 19,782cm3 of gold. Gold weighs 19.3g/cm3 so the total weight is 381.79kg.... That's actually a lot less than I anticipated... But still an absolutely unhandy hunk of impracticality to try to lug around in the time of wooden ships without electrical cranes using small wooden row boats for landing the thing....
So you're saying there's a chance!