A 20-year quest for a legendary trove of 18th century treasure on Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island is facing fresh obstacles after a local lawmaker sought to block efforts to dig it up
SANTIAGO - A 20-year quest for a legendary trove of 18th century treasure on Chile’s far flung Robinson Crusoe Island is facing fresh obstacles after a local lawmaker filed a claim seeking to block efforts to dig it up.
“This is an affront to the law that regulates national parks in Chile,” Ibanez, a member of Chile’s far-left Convergencia Social party, said in a telephone interview. “We hope the Inspector General declares it illegal.” Robinson Crusoe Island was so named because it was where Scottish explorer Alexander Selkirk was marooned in the 18th century, a tale documented by Daniel Defoe’s novel, Robinson Crusoe.
He cited a prohibition in the park’s management plan on “removing or extracting soil ... rock, or earth,” and said government permits issued earlier this year violate this clause.
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