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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 – December 3, 1894), was a novelist, poet, and travel writer. ...


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Treasure Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3050 words)
Treasure Island 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 Treasure Island".
Ocean - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (1037 words)
The deepest point in the ocean is the Mariana Trench located in the Pacific Ocean near the Northern Mariana Islands.
Titan is also thought likely to have a subterranean water ocean under the mix of ice and hydrocarbons that forms its outer crust.
In the movie Muppet Treasure Island, a non-specific ocean is featured, and referred to as the "Big Blue Wet Thing".
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