DID PIRATES REALLY BURY THEIR TREASURE ?

                 There are many different stories about pirates. Pirates wear eye patches, have pet parrots, and wooden legs.One of the most popular stories is that pirates buried their treasure. But where does this idea come from, and did it really happen?

          Only one real pirate is known to have buried his treasure. His name was William Kidd, also known as Captain Kidd. Captain Kidd was a Scottish sailor who sailed in the Indian ocean and around the eats coast of North America in 1600s.

          Realizing that one day he might be caught, Captain Kidd traveled to Long Island and buried 100 pounds of gold and silver there. He tought that he could use the treasure to get out of trouble, trading gold and silver for his freedom.

          In 1966, he was caught and put in jail in Boston, Massachusetts. The governor of Massachutetts tricked Kidd into telling him some information and was able to find the treasure. So, in the end his plan didn’t work.

          Some people, however, think it isn’t strange that we don’t know about more pirates who buried their treasure. After all, it wouldn’t be very useful to hide gold and silver, and then tell everyone about it!

          Throughout history it has been very common for people to bury valuable or important things to keep them safe. Today people living in the countryside in England still find posts of buried Roman coins that were hidden by their owners almost two thousand years ago.

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       A tall ship is a type of traditional sailing ship which usually has very tall masts and large sails. Tall ships often have long decks, and some tall ships even have a crow’s nest. While the crew is busy hoisting the sails, climbing the masts, and scrubbing the decks, the captain is usually busy using the wheel to steer the ship. In the caseit starts to sink, many ships also have a lifeboat for the crew to escape in. If someone falls overboard the rest of the crew can call out, “Man overboard!”, and throw the person a life ring to save them. In the past, most people used a compass and a telescope to navigate tall ships, but today most people use GPS.  

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     Umaid Bhawan Palace is a palace located in the city of Jodhpur, India. It has 347 rooms and is one of the largest palaces in the world. Completed in 1945, it took more than 5000 people 15 years to build. As well as being the home of the Jodhpur royal family, Umaid Bhawan Palace also houses a museum and luxury hotel, as well as numerous gardens, fountains, and a swimming pool.  

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The Summer Palace

     The Summer Palace is a palace located in Beijing, China. From, 1750 until the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, the palace was used as a summer retreat for members of the Chinese imperial family. At the center of the palace is a 2.2 km² man-made lake, called Kunming Lake. Around the lake are many buildings, gardens, and structures. Today, the Summer Palace is a popular place for tourists to enjoy boating, sightseeing, or just going for walk.

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Buckingham Palace

One of the most famous landmarks in London, UK, and one of the most famous palaces in the world, Buckingham Palace has been the official home of British royal family for more than 170 years. Located in the center of London, it is a popular place for tourist to visit. Buckingham Palace has many special features, including a large ballroom, a balcony, and numerous apartments for important guests. It also has the largest private garden in London. 

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STRANDED ! THE ADVENTURE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK

            Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who spent more than four years stranded alone on an island in the Pasific Ocean. In 1703, Selkirk joined an expedition from Scotland to Polynesia. However, in 1704, when ship stopped at an island near Chile to get food and water, Selkirk was worried that the ship was not safe, so he asked the captain to leave him there. The captain agreed. Selkirk only brought a few things with him, including a gun, some tools, a knife, and some clothes, but he survived by hunting goats for meat and milk, and eating vegetables on the island. He even learned how to make his own clothes! Selkirk was finally rescued in 1709 when sailors from another ship came to the island and found him. Selkirk’s adventures also inspired many other stories, including Robinson Cruose and Gulliver’s Travels.

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Desert

            It will probably surprise you to find out that there are two types of desert – hot and cold! One thing that hot and cold deserts have in common is that they are dry. Deserts get less than 250mm of rainfall each year.

            Hot deserts have really high temperatures and are covered with lots of sand or rock. The air is really dry, and there are very few clouds in the sky. Temperatures during the day can rise to more than 50 degress celcius  and drop to below freezing at night. It doesn’t often rain in desert, but when it does, it is usually during a storm.

            The largest hot desert in the Earth is the Sahara Desert in North Africa, where the highest temperature ever was recorded – it was 57.7 degress celcius! The Sahara only gets about  80mm of rain each year. There are many dangerous wind and sand storms which can last for a few days.

            Cold desert are covered in sand, rock, and ice. It snows in cold desert. The biggest cold desert in the world is Antartica. It is the driest continent on the planet. The lowest temperature ever recorded was in Antartica and was -89.2 degress celcius!

            Even though hot deserts are very dry, water can be found at oases. An oasis is formed when underground water comes to the surface and forms a pool. People can create an oasis by digging for water. It is because of oases that many different kins of plants and animals, as well as millions of people, live in Sahara.

            Animals have different ways of surviving in the desert. Most reptiles sleep during the day to escape the heat. They sleep under rocks and burrow into the sand where it is cooler and then come out at night. Small rodents also dig into the sand to stay cool. 

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