A little more:
1st Map
Hill ? Cutler (Antique dealer) was well known as a ?Bit of a rogue?
The Bureau in which the first ?Kidd map? was found dated to the mid 1700S!
How did Palmer find the map so easily? You would have though Hill-Cutler would have thoroughly inspected the bureau before selling it on?
The inscription on the bureau runner W.K. 1669 (1669?) is blatently a later addition.
The dating on the chart is wrong too (1669?)
X marks the spot? ?? ?Treasure Island? ........again??..
2nd Map
Hill-Cutler (again)
Once again, Hill-Cutler fails to find the ?Hidden Map?
The inscription on the chest is nearly right this time?. 1699, however, why a black flag and cutlass engraved on the lid from a man who swore to his dying breath that he was never a pirate and was acting under licence?
The Map is found hidden inside a book dated 1662 (remember, H-C is an antiques dealer) inside a false bottom secured by ?Cleverly disguised screws? ? Err?? screws weren?t in use until the mid 1700?S!!
3rd Map
Hill-Cutler is involved yet again (Can you see a pattern developing here?)
Apparently, a ?Dan Morgan? an ?old sea dog? from Bristol has replied to an advertisement placed by Hill-Cutler for ?Kidd stuff?
?"Respected sir,
As you seem keen for pirate stuff I have dug up something out of my attick wich may suit you it is a bit more Kidd stuff and hope you will like it I have been told Kidd was a kind gent and was murdered but when you see this thing I think you will say he was only a Bloody Pirate and deserved all he got I will try and hoble down end of the week sir so heres to 15 men on the dead mans chest and dont forgit the rum ile hav som you bet after the deal.
your obedant servant.
Dan Morgan?
(good grief??. Jack Sparrow couldn?t have done better!)
Well, well, well?.. a bit more detail on the map this time (a definite pattern appearing now?..)
4th Map
To Palmers Joy he now discovers the ?Key Map? inside a work box inscribed ?William and Sarah Kidd their box 1699? (1699 again?did Kidd have all his furnishings made in 1699?)
The map now has even more detail (or pure fantasy depending how you look at it)
Straight from the pages of ?Treasure Island?!
And the clincher is??? ?Smuggler? is NOT a term that would have been used in 1699!
?Smugglers? would have been referred to as ?Owlers? or ?Roquists?
My opinion ? Poor old Palmer was well and truly conned by H-C.
In an effort to save his reputation he carried on the legend and probably made a few quid out of it too!
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