norman island - Beautiful Nation Photos - Beautiful Nation Project ☸2024-03-29T11:26:51Zhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/feed/tag/norman+islandfun aboard seadragonhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/fun-aboard-seadragon2015-01-19T00:38:57.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:57.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253053?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><iframe width="600" height="450" style="border: 0;" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d15150.789860425622!2d-64.60941551534424!3d18.315438449999995!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8c056e11e3b20671%3A0x93355ae7d9de8e74!2sNorman+Island%2C+British+Virgin+Islands!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1421627676437" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
</div>Norman Islandhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/norman-island2015-01-19T00:38:56.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:56.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253075?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>It is said that the island was named after a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate" title="Pirate" class="mw-redirect">pirate</a> who bought it or leased it at some point during the early 18th century,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> although supporting evidence for this contention is difficult to find.</p>
<p>However, Norman Island also has a documented history of pirate booty being stowed upon the island. In August 1750 a Spanish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure" title="Treasure">treasure</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon" title="Galleon">galleon</a> named <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Guadalupe" title="Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" class="mw-redirect">Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe</a></i> sought shelter from a storm on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> coast. The crew <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutinied</a> and the treasure, said to consist of (amongst other things) 55 chests of silver coins, was loaded into two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilander" title="Bilander">Bilanders</a>, one of which was manned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Lloyd" title="Owen Lloyd">Owen Lloyd</a>. The first vessel perished, but Lloyd escaped to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Croix</a>. After disposing of some of the money, he proceeded to Norman Island where the treasure was buried. Lloyd and his crew were later arrested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">St. Eustatius</a>, but word of the treasure spread, and residents of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortola" title="Tortola">Tortola</a> went to Norman Island and dug it up for themselves. Part of the booty was later recovered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Fleming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilbert Fleming (page does not exist)">Gilbert Fleming</a>, Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands at the time, who travelled to Tortola with two companies of soldiers. Fleming persuaded Abraham Chalwill, the acting Lieutenant Governor of the British Virgin Islands (who had coincidentally lead the search for the treasure on Norman Island) to issue a proclamation whereby the treasure would be returned and the people who had dug it up would receive a one-third share as a reward.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></p>
<p>There the historical record ends, but local rumours abound that a member of a well-known local family had been fishing near Norman Island and took shelter in one of the caves on the Western coast of Norman Island during a storm. The surge repeatedly banged his small boat against the walls of the cave, whilst the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> caused the water level to rise several feet. When the fortunate fisherman woke the next morning, a large number of rocks had broken off into his small craft, as had a small chest, supposedly filled with gold <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubloon" title="Doubloon">doubloons</a>. The story cannot be verified as no legal application for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove" title="Treasure trove">treasure trove</a> was ever made,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Island#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> but it is known that members of the family ceased being fisherman and left Tortola at about the time to open some shops in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a>.</p>
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<p>Rumours persist of more pirate gold to be found on Norman Island, although to date no applications have ever been made for treasure trove.</p>
</div>Sargassum sunrise Norman Islandhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/sargassum-sunrise2015-01-19T00:38:56.000Z2015-01-19T00:38:56.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7253045?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Beautiful Sunrise aboard SeaDragon this morning with Sargassum in the distance.  <span>Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae in the order Fucales. Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs.</span></p>
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