REAL PIRATE TREASURE CHARTS


WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE DEVOTED TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD

AND IN PARTICULAR HIS TREASURE CHARTS. ENTER THE WORLD OF

REAL BURIED TREASURE CHARTS AND TREASURE YET TO BE FOUND.

About 10 years before the outbreak of WW11, the first of four 17th century charts were found in a

bureau that once belonged to Captain William Kidd. Three others were found over the next 5

years in various items of Kidd's furniture by Guy and Hubert Palmer, who lived in Eastbourne

GB. They were wealthy bachelors with a deep interest in pirate relics and maritime history. Their

museum was probably unique and without rival in the world. Hubert Palmer was a recognised

authority on piracy and was very careful to accept into his collection only those items that had

passed his rigorous tests to prove genuineness. Subsequent scientific testing by experts on the

charts confirmed that the ink and parchment were of 17th century origin.

How rockets work

During the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese invented the first type of rockets: the firework. According to legend a cook discovered that a perfect mixture of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal (gunpowder) was extremely flammable and would explode, if enclosed in a small space; which is why in fireworks, gunpowder is enclosed in tubes. The Chinese soon discovered that this black powder could shoot up into the sky at tremendous speeds. That marked the beginning of rocket technology. Gunpowder was developed and commercialized by skilled tradesmen, who also made fireworks for entertainment.

Although the Chinese invented the first rockets, the powerful rockets used today have their direct origins the United States and Europe. Robert Goddard demonstrated a liquid fuel rocket capable of reaching high altitudes. This was followed by advancements from Russian and German scientists creating rocket weapons before World War II.
The mixture that provides the Solid Rocket Boosters with fuel.

Rockets are usually powered by a chemical reaction or explosion within the rocket itself. Rockets can be powered by different types of fuel: early Chinese rockets used gunpowder, later on people used gasoline and other petroleum products to fuel rockets. Rocket fuels often had to be kept frozen to avoid explosions. Some rockets combine hydrogen and oxygen to create an intense chemical reaction. Some, such as the Russian N1, use kerosene. The Saturn V had 3 stages and used both petroleum fuel (in the first stage) and hydrogen fuel (in the second and third stages).