This is the true story of how the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, perhaps the richest man in England, set out to discover buried treasure, with the aid of a map supplied by a friend. He bought a ship, steamed down to Montevideo, Tierra del Fuego, Valparaiso and Panama, and (after many escapades) landed on Cocos Island, where the great adventure of his life began. Find out what happened there, shortly after Christmas Day, 1904!