Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI Voice. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 You cannot discover lands already inhabited. That process is known as stealing, conquering, or colonizing. The fact that America celebrates Columbus Day reveals the implicit racial bias of the country: Native Americans are not fully human. #2 The Doctrine of Discovery is a set of legal principles that governed the European colonizing powers, particularly regarding the administration of indigenous land. It is the primary legal precedent that still controls native affairs and rights. #3 The Doctrine of Discovery, which was approved by the papal bull Romanus Pontifex, allowed European Catholic nations to expand their dominion over non-Christian land. The church believed that what benefited the European colonial powers would benefit the church. #4 The first slaves from Africa were taken into slavery in 1441 by Portuguese explorers who brought twelve slaves back to Portugal. The timing of these papal bulls corresponded with the emboldening of the Portuguese to expand their initial action of subjugation.

Nous sommes en Australie en 1866, à l'époque où la colonie envoie vers l'Angleterre des tonnes d'or extrait des gisements de Ballarat et de Calgoorlie. Le "General Grant", un beau trois-mâts américain, transporte une précieuse et mystérieuse cargaison ; il ramène aussi au pays, fortune faite, des prospecteurs anglais et leurs familles. Mais, au creux des falaises de l'île Auckland, leurs rêves de richesse et de vie paisible deviendront cauchemar. Sur les quinze survivants du naufrage, dix seulement rejoindront la Nouvelle-Zélande après dix-huit mois de survie héroïque. Le "General Grant" et son fabuleux trésor reposent toujours au fond des mers australes. Les expéditions se sont succédé pour tenter d'arracher les dix tonnes d'or à la mer, mais toutes ont échoué. L'or du "General Grant" serait-il maudit ? De nos jours encore, les chercheurs de trésor rêvent de l'épave... Car cette histoire, naturellement, est authentique.