In TINT he buys a model of an old galleon at the flea market, which turns out ser a replica of the ship commanded by Captain Haddock's ancestor, the knight of Hadoke, who fought against the pirate Rackham the Red, who was carrying a great treasure on his ship, which has been and continues to be hidden for centuries. This story began ar publication in Le Soir on June 11, 1942, at the height of the occupation of Belgium by the Germans, and was one of HERG's favorite albums.