"whose names are not revealed are the four pirates who were killed in an attack on the stockade along with Job Anderson; the pirate killed by the honest men minus Jim Hawkins before the attack on the stockade; the pirate shot by Squire Trelawney when aiming at Israel Hands, who later died of his injuries; and the pirate marooned on the island along with Tom Morgan and Dick. Stevenson deliberately leaves the exact date of the novel obscure, Hawkins writing that he takes up his pen ""in the year of grace 17—."" Stevenson's map of Treasure Island includes the annotations"
"of Treasure Island"" by The Asylum, the character is depicted as a Frenchman trading with the then-new United States. Captain Alexander Smollett Captain Alexander Smollett is the captain of the schooner ""Hispaniola"" in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on. He first appears to the reader as a strict, bitter man who finds fault with everything and is never satisfied. However, he quickly reveals that not all is well aboard the ship, and his"
"Captain Alexander Smollett Captain Alexander Smollett is the captain of the schooner ""Hispaniola"" in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on. He first appears to the reader as a strict, bitter man who finds fault with everything and is never satisfied. However, he quickly reveals that not all is well aboard the ship, and his first conversation with Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, and Squire Trelawney foreshadows the eventual mutiny of many of the ""Hispaniola""s"
"of Nicoya. Soon after, Coxon met with many privateers, staging a raid in the Gulf of Honduras. This raid proved to be useful, as the pirates and privateers collected a stash of five hundred chests of indigo dye, in addition to cocoa, cochineal, money, plate, and tortoiseshell. Shortly afterwards, Coxon made himself an ally of several other important buccaneers of the day, including Cornelius Essex, Bartholomew Sharp, and Robert Allison. They then set sail for Portobelo. Upon reaching Portobelo, they travelled for around four days, and on 17 February, they plundered the town carelessly, escaping the Spanish armies. Through this,"
"used as the fictional Hispaniola on film. It was originally constructed for the film ""Mutiny on The Bounty"", and was set to be destroyed at the end of the film but Marlon Brando protested and the ship was kept intact. It sank off the coast of the Carolinas during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. According to Allmovie, Charlton Heston ""plays the character of Long John Silver as written: a cold, crafty, cunning rogue, by turns charming and deadly, but never to be underestimated"" and, unlike other filmed versions of the story, the movie ""adheres with utter fidelity to the Stevenson"
"from Catalonia. The only inhabitants were a sub-species of wild goat but these were slaughtered by the local government in 2016 to protect the fauna of the island. There is also a sub-species of the Ibizan wall lizard on the island. It is also home to a colony of the endangered bird of prey called Eleonora's falcon. The island is said to be home to sirens and sea-nymphs, who tried to lure Odysseus from his ship in Homer’s ""Odyssey"". It is also thought of as the holy island of the Tanit the Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess"
"Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym ""Captain George North"". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. An old sailor, calling himself ""the captain""—real name Billy Bones—comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast during the mid-18th-century, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for ""a one-legged seafaring man"". A former shipmate with intact legs, but lacking two fingers, shows up to confront Billy about sharing his treasure map. After running the stranger off in a"
"drawings made by the native population. The island first became known to Europeans in 1494 during Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the New World. It was Columbus who named the island La Evangelista, claiming it for Spain. The island was also known, at various points in its history, as Isla de Cotorras (Isle of Parrots) and Isla de Tesoros (Treasure Island). Pirate activity in and around the area left its trace in English literature; notably, ""Treasure Island"" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and ""Peter Pan"" by J. M. Barrie, each drawing on accounts of the island and its native and pirate"
"West Indies and the Spanish Main. A year or two (dates regarding l'Olonnais are uncertain) into his piratical career, l'Olonnais was shipwrecked near Campeche in Mexico. A party of Spanish soldiers attacked l'Olonnais and his crew, killing almost the entire party. L'Olonnais himself survived by covering himself in the blood of others and hiding amongst the dead. After the Spanish departed, l'Olonnais, with the assistance of some escaped slaves, made his way to the island of Tortuga. A short time later, he and his crew held a town hostage, demanding a ransom from its Spanish rulers. The governor of Havana"
"slaves from Margarita Island and with combined forces defeated Spanish slaver pursuers and seized their ship. Fearing Spanish revenge, Jan and his followers left the island on the captured ship. Their adventures continued in the two next Arkady Fiedler's novels ""Orinoco"" (""Orinoko"", 1957) and ""The White Jaguar"" (""Biały Jaguar"", 1980). Coche Island Isla de Coche (""Coche Island"") is one of three islands forming the Nueva Esparta State of Venezuela, located in the Caribbean between Isla Margarita and the mainland. The other two islands are Isla Margarita, the main island of the state, and Cubagua, the smallest. Coche is coterminous with"
"Subjects of this Island; particularly by those Traytors, Nicolas Brown and Christopher Winter, to whom you have given Protection.” In 1723 he captured an English ship near Hispaniola with over 300 slaves aboard. He set the captain and crew adrift and brought the ship to Baracoa, Cuba. Brown paid another sailor to pretend to be the ship’s captain so he could have Spanish officials in Baracoa condemn and sell the ship and slaves as a lawful prize. He was finally caught and defeated in battle by pirate hunter and former schoolmate John Drudge in November 1726, dying of wounds sustained"
"to sail out to Skeleton Island, under the pretence of going to collect specimens of local wildlife. Jim and Livesey recruit Long John Silver, now using the alias of Barbecue, to act as ship's cook, with Long John providing the rest of the ship's crew. As the ""Hispanola"" makes its way to the island, Hawkins unintentionally discovers Long John's true intentions: to steal the map and to hijack the ""Hispaniola"" on behalf of his own band of pirates, whom make up the ship's crew. Long John plans to stage a mutiny upon arriving at Skeleton Island, and to kill the"
"Hawkins as a sanctuary from pirates who seek the treasure map that has fallen into Jim's possession. Squire Trelawney immediately plans to commission a sailing vessel to hunt for the treasure, with the help of Dr. Livesey and Jim. He finances the entire expedition to the eponymous Treasure Island. Going to the Bristol docks, Trelawney buys the schooner ""Hispaniola"", hires Captain Smollett to command her, and retains Long John Silver, a former sea cook and now the owner of the dock-side ""Spy-Glass"" tavern, to run the galley. When it comes to hiring a crew for the ship, he depends highly"
"of the islands, including his father-in-law Jonathan Darvill’s old ""Happy Return"". Daniel Stillwell Daniel Stillwell (active 1715–1718, last name also Stilwell) was a minor pirate in the Caribbean, best known for his association with Benjamin Hornigold. Formerly of Jamaica, Stillwell married the daughter of retired pirate Jonathan Darvill before settling on Eleuthera. Borrowing Darvill’s shallop, he and a small crew (including Darvill’s son) captured a Spanish ship off of Cuba which carried over 11,000 pieces of eight around 1714. Deputy Governor Thomas Walker of Nassau heard about the attack and as Spain and England had recently concluded a peace treaty,"
"members under the leadership of Long John Silver, a cunning and wealthy one-legged pirate. When the ""Hispaniola"" finally reaches its destination and the pirates rebel, he organizes the faithful crew's flight from the Hispaniola onto the shores of the island and helps in gaining a stockade. The next day, he attempts to negotiate with 'Captain' Long John Silver, but the negotiations fail due to the arrogance of Silver and the stubbornness of Smollett. (Indeed, Smollett admits that he has goaded Silver on purpose, reasoning that battle is probably inevitable and might as well be fought sooner rather than later, while"
"a detailed map of an island, with the location of Flint's treasure caches marked on it. Squire Trelawney immediately plans to outfit a sailing vessel to hunt the treasure down, with the help of Dr. Livesey and Jim. When Jim goes to Bristol and visits Long John Silver at the Spy Glass tavern, his suspicions are immediately aroused: Silver is missing a leg, like the man Bones warned him about. But Silver manages to win Jim's trust. Despite Captain Smollett's misgivings about the mission and Silver's hand-picked crew, the ""Hispaniola"" sets sail for the Caribbean Sea. As they near their"
"Quext'chala, who was held captive while the ship was sailing for Spain. While Leatherwing gives his share of the loot to the crown of England, he hides the rest in Vespertilio (Bat's) Cay, his secret port. The location of this port is desired by many of Leatherwing's enemies, including the Laughing Man, who squeezes out the port's location out of a man called Don Vendugo by strapping a cannon to his chest. While it is stationed at Kingston, Robin sneaks onto the ""Flying Fox"" and hides while Leatherwing sails to Panama to return the princess to her father. To the"
"Flint's ghost, revealing a sparkling container shaped like a jewel. Silver, who had followed them into the chamber, seals them in and takes the treasure. The commander and Filipe escape through a trap door, in time to see the Hispaniola fly away, leaving the duo, along with the parrot, marooned on Treasure Planet. As the days go by, the trio prepare for the end of their lives; the commander refuses to speak, while the parrot runs low on batteries. Unexpectedly, the Hispaniola returns, under the control of Black Dog. Black Dog overpowered Silver and his other robots, because Filipe is"
"the half-wit Squire Trelawney (Fozzie Bear), who arranges a voyage to find the treasure. The boys are enlisted aboard the ""Hispaniola"" as cabin boys, accompanied by Trelawney, Dr. Livesey (Bunsen Honeydew), and Beaker. The ship is commanded by Captain Abraham Smollett (Kermit the Frog) and his overly strict first mate, Mr. Arrow (Sam Eagle). The boys meet the cook Long John Silver, a one-legged man whom Bones warned them of, but Jim and Silver become good friends. The ship sets sail, but Smollett is suspicious of the crew, believing them to be of shady character. After Gonzo and Rizzo are"
"its closeness to the scientific reserve of ""Ebano Verde"" and also to have the nearest route to the Pico Duarte, the highest point in the Caribbean. The nearby scientific reserve of ""Ebano Verde"" is the stronghold of the widest variety of flora and fauna of Hispaniola. The mountains surrounding the valley of Constanza are covered in Hispaniolan pine (""Pinus occidentalis"") forests. Typical fauna seen in the area includes the Hispaniolan palm crow, Antillean siskin, rufous-throated solitaire, Hispaniolan crossbill (abundance directly related to pine cone crop), and Hispaniolan trogon, while at lower elevations the Hispaniolan parrot, scaly-naped pigeon and golden swallow"
"Peterson Jr. (Beach Dickerson), who constantly does animal impressions. Unfortunately, despite his other role as the story's omniscient narrator, Sparks is too much the Maxwell Smart-style bumbler to figure out what is going on because of his own incompetence and his hopeless infatuation with the completely uninterested Mary-Belle, who regards his attempts to rescue her from a life of crime with an amused contempt. Capetto plans to steal the fortune in gold and then to claim that the mythical ""Creature from the Haunted Sea"" rose and devoured the loyalists, but it is he and his crew who murder the Cuban"
"Captain Leatherwing, who gladly engages him as a buccaneer despite the fact that Robin is a clandestine passenger. Alfredo disapproves of the whole idea, and Leatherwing tells him that they will keep Robin until they again hit Kingston. While sailing, the ""Flying Fox"" sees a Spanish Galleon. It contains Felina, dressed as a Spanish Condesa by the Laughing Man. Seeing a woman in distress, Leatherwing leaps to save Felina, who has been thrown overboard and is about to be eaten by sharks. The Laughing Man's disguised ship gets away, and the trap begins. Despite Alfredo's words of warning, Captain Leatherwing"
"temptation; they turned pirate, cut the throats of the guards and accompanying priests, and threw their bodies overboard. Thompson headed for Cocos Island, off the coast of present-day Costa Rica, where he and his men allegedly buried the treasure. They then decided to split up and lay low until the situation had calmed down, at which time they would reconvene to divvy up the spoils. However, the ""Mary Dear"" was captured, and the crew went on trial for piracy. All but Thompson and his first mate were hanged. To save their lives, the two agreed to lead the Spanish to"
"previously known for its witch trials, and beaches that Robert Louis Stevenson is said to have described in his novel ""Treasure Island"". Geller claims that buried on the island is Egyptian treasure, brought there by Scota, the mythological half-sister of Tutankhamen in Irish mythology, 3,500 years ago. He claimed that he will find the treasure through dowsing, despite dowsing being considered a pseudoscience. Geller also claimed to have strengthened the mystical powers of the island by burying there a crystal orb once belonging to Albert Einstein. In 2014, a 12 foot tall statue of a gorilla made from approximately 40,000"
"Celestus warreni Celestus warreni, commonly known as Warren's galliwasp or the giant Hispaniolan galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola. The specific name, ""warreni"", is in honor of Mr. C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue. ""C. warreni"" is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The natural habitat of ""C. warreni"" is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests underneath leaf litter and underneath forest debris. The giant Hispaniolan galliwasp is an opportunistic predator that feed on insects, earthworms, small mammals, and other"
"the stolen treasure. They took them as far as the Cocos Islands and then managed to escape into the jungle. Thompson, the first mate, and the treasure were never seen again, though it is believed that Thompson returned to Newfoundland with the aid of a whaling ship. Since that time, hundreds of treasure hunters have travelled to Cocos Island and tried to find the Treasure of Lima. One of the most notable was the German August Gissler, who lived on the island from 1889 to 1908. Another was the American gangster Bugsy Seigel. None have succeeded in finding the treasure."
"and was equipped with eight guns. John Coxon (pirate) Captain John Coxon, sometimes referred to as John Coxen, was a late seventeenth-century buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. Coxon was one of the most famous of the Brethren of the Coast, a loose consortium of pirates and privateers. Coxon lived during the Buccaneering Age of Piracy. Coxon's ship, a vessel of eighty tons that carried eight guns and a crew of ninety-seven men, is lost to date, with no traces of its name anywhere. Very little is known about Coxon's early life. The act that brought Coxon to public notice"
"as being one of those captured by the pirate Edward Low. As Ashton refused to co-operate with the pirates, he was often threatened, especially by Low's quartermaster John Russell. He managed to escape in March 1723 when the pirates landed at Roatán Island in the Bay Islands of Honduras, hiding in the jungle until the pirates decided to depart without him. He survived for 16 months, in spite of many insects, tropical heat and alligators. In the beginning he seems to have eaten only fruit, because he only had his hands to collect food; he could not kill any animal."
"a boy, Will Turner Jr. brought the gold medallion with him on his journey to the Caribbean, although Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter, came into possession of it and kept it hidden for eight years. The ""Pearl"" later attacked Port Royal and abducted Elizabeth, believing she was Bootstrap's child—their only remaining source of Turner blood when it was really Will. The ""Pearl"" is eventually commandeered by Sparrow with a new crew. While most of Barbossa's pirates are battling the Royal Navy at the Dauntless the rest of the pirates were fighting Elizabeth, Will, and a cursed Jack Sparrow at Isla"
"has to do with a Dutch seaman who was left alone on the island of Saint Helena as punishment. He fell into such despair that he disinterred the body of a buried comrade and set out to sea in the coffin. Another castaway, the Spaniard Pedro Serrano, was rescued after seven and a half years of solitude. In 1820, the crew of the whaler ""Essex"" spent time on uninhabited Henderson Island. There they gorged on birds, fish, and vegetation and found a small freshwater spring. After one week, they had depleted the island's resources and most of the crew left"
"Treasure Island (1972 live-action film) Treasure Island is a 1972 adventure film, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Orson Welles as Long John Silver, Kim Burfield as Jim Hawkins, Walter Slezak as Squire Trelawney, Rik Battaglia as Captain Smollett, and Ángel del Pozo as Doctor Livesey. This adaptation of ""Treasure Island"" was released in several different language versions, each with a different director. Jim Hawkins (Kim Burfield) is a young boy who works at a pub with his mother (Maria Rohm). When a drunken old sailor named Billy Bones (Lionel Stander) comes in for a"
"boarding a drogger. ""Racoon"" gave chase but in the light winds was unable to catch up before the privateer and his prize reached Cape Cruz. On her way back to resume her station, ""Racoon"" encountered and captured the Spanish privateer felucca ""San Felix El Socoro"", out of Santiago de Cuba. He had 40 men aboard and was armed with one 6-pounder gun that he had thrown overboard during the chase. The privateer had been out 11 days but had only captured a drogger. Crofton received promotion to commander in June. ""Racoon"" recaptured the schooner ""Columbia"" on 25 August. Lastly, ""Racoon"""
"Carvajal captured 78 Englishmen marooned on the Tamaulipas coast by John Hawkins, who had lost some of his ships in a fight with the Spanish fleet at Veracruz. In 1572, Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza, he commissioned Carvajal a captain, sending him to open a road through the mountains between the Pánuco and Mazapil. This long expedition resulted in the discovery, by Carvajal, of a mountain pass that allowed him to achieve his goal and that enabled him to discover the lands that later become Nuevo Reino de León. After that expedition was completed, Carvajal was sent to chastise hostile"