Cocos Island: A Real Life ‘Treasure Island’

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References & Additional Sources:

Location, Description and Biodiversity:
https://www.cocosisland.org/tesoro-de...
https://media.nationalgeographic.org/...
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Coc...

History in general:
https://www.cocosisland.org/en/cocos-...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/...

Articles by Costa Rican historians (in Spanish):
https://www.nacion.com/revista-domini...
https://wol.jw.org/es/wol/d/r4/lp-s/1...
http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?sc...
http://sinabi.go.cr/biblioteca%20digi...
https://mk0cocosislandohbvpl.kinstacd...

Articles in English:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobso...
https://amp.theguardian.com/environme...

The ‘Moffat’ article on Cap Beckett: https://www.coloradohistoricnewspaper...

The ‘Examiner’ article on the California Society for Archaeological Investigations:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...

Sir Malcom Campbell’s expedition:
https://www.angloboerwar.com/index.ph...
https://www.nytimes.com/1932/04/17/ar...
https://www.iberlibro.com/primera-edi...