Benito "Bloody Sword" Bonito is the subject of a legend about a pirate who raided the west coast of the Americas. His career began around 1818 (supposedly because he could not sing) but from there on sources differ. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common According to one legend his ship was boarded by a British man-o'-war after Bonito exited Port Philip Bay after hiding the so called "Lost Loot of Lima" sometime in 1821. A man-of-war (also man of war, man-o'-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel Since the 16th century when Spain defeated the Inca, it also took control over Lima. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year He was given a drumhead trial and hanged. A kangaroo court or kangaroo trial, sometimes likened to a Drumhead court-martial or Drumhead trial, is a sham Legal proceeding or Court [1]
Another version of Benito's legend ends with Benito committing suicide by putting his pistol to his head rather than allowing himself to be captured by British pirate hunters. Yet another states that Benito was betrayed by two British crewmen he had taken on previously. [2]
These legends of Bonito Benito are sometimes confused with those of the "Great Treasure of Lima" given over to captain William Thompson to guard at sea from José de San Martín, a treasure Thompson made off with and hid on Cocos Island. Since the 16th century when Spain defeated the Inca, it also took control over Lima. William Thompson could refer to Academics and scientists William Thompson (naturalist (1805–1852 Irish ornithologist and botanist José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín ( 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine Cocos Island (Isla del Coco is an Island located off the shore of Costa Rica.
According to legend the "captain's cut" of Benito's treasure, valued at over $300 million today, is still hidden somewhere on or around Queenscliff, Victoria. Queenscliff is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula at the entrance to Port Phillip in southern Victoria Australia and is bounded on its north side
Popular Australian urban legends relate that Benito hid his treasure in a cave near Queenscliff, Victoria (Australia) which was sealed by explosives and a later earthquake. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them Queenscliff is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula at the entrance to Port Phillip in southern Victoria Australia and is bounded on its north side Many excavations have taken place in the region without the treasure being uncovered. [3]
References
- ^ Lost Loot of Lima at Treasureisland.com
- ^ Benito Bonito at pbs.com
- ^ "Australian Sea Mysteries" - Jack Loney
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