The Treasure of Amaro Pargo

Amaro Pargo was perhaps the most famous Spanish corsair in history, as he operated during the years known as the Golden Age of Piracy. He dominated the route between Cádiz and the Caribbean, attacking the enemy powers of the Spanish crown, and achieving fame similar to that of Francis Drake. Felipe V appointed him as lord of rope and knife. Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 1678, he died in 1747 and was buried in the Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the town, where today his tomb can be seen, engraved with a skull winking its right eye, with two crossed bones. In his will, he wrote that he owned a chest full of gold and silver jewels, precious stones, and paintings. For this reason, his house in Machado has been looted for centuries by treasure hunters, without success. In 2013, a team of archaeologists from the Autonomous University of Madrid exhumed his remains to conduct DNA tests and a reconstruction of his face. In that laboratory work, they found a fragment of a riddle that stated the exact location of the treasure. A trafficker who trades in anything that provides him money got ahead of us, so we need you to pose as potential buyers and find out what's inside.