Title: The Tavernier Stones
Description: When the well preserved body of a seventeenth century mapmaker floats to the surface of a bog in northern Germany, a 57 carat ruby clenched in his fist, the grisly discovery ignites a global race to find the fabled Lost Tavernier Stones.
Subjects: Gems, Treasure troves, Cartographers, Gemologists, Theft, Travel, Fiction
Places: Idar-Oberstein Germany, Lancaster Pennsylvania
People: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689)