Treasure Island

American  

noun

1. (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.

2. an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, in W California; naval base.

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Treasure Island Cultural  

1. (1883) A novel by Robert Louis Stevenson about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who joins with two men in hiring a ship to search for buried treasure. Among the ship's crew are the pirate Long John Silver and his men, who are after the treasure for themselves. With considerable pluck, and the aid of his friends, Jim foils their plans and gains the treasure.

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Treasure Island

The statue could be from the Golden Gate International Exposition, which was a World’s Fair held at Treasure Island in 1939, according to the couple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Thursday near Christmas Cove, about a quarter-mile away from where she was initially lost at Treasure Island Beach, the city announced in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

I read Hans Christian Andersen’s sad and frightening tales; I read the E. Nesbit books, and the usual children’s classics of the time, such as Treasure Island and Peter Pan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

At the Treasure Island Holiday Park in the Gold Coast, just north of Surfer's Paradise, a gum tree had come down between two cabins, damaging a third.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025

I mean, you can understand reading Treasure Island four times, but no matter how good a Shakespeare play is, no one reads it twice.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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