Besides the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the name is also used for: Treasure Island. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 â December 3, 1894), was a novelist, poet, and travel writer. ...
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TreasureIsland is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold".
The treasure map with an X marking the location of the buried treasure is one of the most familiar pirate props, yet it is entirely a fictional invention which owes its origin to Stevenson's original map.
Other contenders are the small islands in Queen Street Gardens in Edinburgh, as "[Robert Louis Stevenson] lived in Heriot Row and it is thought that the wee pond he could see from his bedroom window in Queen Street Gardens provided the inspiration for TreasureIsland".