1952 Graichen Treasure Map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Treasure Trow. Davy Jones' Locaker.
'...most likely spots for pirate gold.'
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'...most likely spots for pirate gold.'
This is a fascinating, information-dense 1952 Everett R. Graichen pictorial map of Cape Cod, illustrating potential treasure sites. According to the map, 'popular imagination regards Cape Cod as one of the most likely spots for pirate gold.'A Closer Look
Coverage centered on Cape Cod Bay and extends from Plymouth to Falmouth, and east to the Atlantic. The map identifies numerous potential treasure sites, including sunken ships and possible burried treasure. It also names hundreds of local figures and ships, along with dates. It is not clear what these are intended to reference, supposedly treasure, but we can find no clear link for most names. The Cape Cod Sea Serpent, a cryptozoological legend dating to the 1800s, is identified near Brewster.Among the wrecks identified is the site near Wellfleet of Buccaneer Sam Bellamy's shipwreck, identified here as the Whidows. This is more correctly the Whydah Gally discovered in this location in 1984 by Barry Clifford. Since that time, some 200,000 individual pieces have been recovered, including substantial amounts of silver and gold.
Publication History and Census
This map was drawn in 1952 by Everett R. Graichen of Providence, Rhode Island. The copyright was filed in April 1952. It was issued by Treasure Trow, also of Providence, and of which we find no record. Rare, we see no other surviving examples.Cartographer
Everett Raymond Graichen (October 1, 1904 - April 17, 1971) was an American illustrator based in Providence, Rhode Island. Graichen was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His father died in 1912, when he was 8, and he moved to Providence afterward. According to the 1930 census, he worked as a foreman at a rubber shop, and in 1940, as a hoseman with the Providence Fire Department. There is no clear evidence of entrepreneurial or artistic interest in Everett's biography, and yet, the name and location are unmistakable, so it must be the same person. Further Details...
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Excellent.