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Captain Flint is a fictional character in the book Treasure Island, created by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. [1] In Stevenson's book, Flint, whose first name is not given, was the captain of a pirate ship, Walrus, which accumulated an enormous amount of captured treasure, approximately £700,000.
Little is known of Vane's early life. He lived in Port Royal before becoming a pirate, but he was most likely not born there. [1] Vane worked with Henry Jennings during Jennings' attack on the salvage camp for the wrecked Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet. Vane first operated as an independent captain in the summer of 1717.
Jim and his mother escape with a packet from The Captain's sea chest, which is found to contain a map of the island on which the infamous pirate Captain Flint hid his treasure. Jim shows the map to the local physician Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney , and they decide to make an expedition to the island, with Jim serving as a cabin boy.
Long John Silver has a parrot, named Captain Flint in honor—or mockery—of his former captain, [3] who generally perches on Silver's shoulder, and is known to chatter pirate or seafaring phrases like "Pieces of Eight", and "Stand by to go about". Silver uses the parrot as another means of gaining Jim's trust, by telling the boy all manner of ...
Jenna Saras and Greig Rogers as Death: a dark figure that appears in Flint's visions alongside Miranda. Richard Lothian as Dobbs: Crew Mate of the Walrus. Jason Cope as Captain Chamberlain: Commodore of the Royal Navy. Dan Robbertse as Captain Throckmorton: Pirate Captain on Nassau. Siv Ngesi as Udo: Maroon Warrior. Michael Kirch as a Pardon Clerk
Before he was briefly a pirate captain, he was a sailor on the Batchelor's Delight which circumnavigated the globe with William Dampier. Mary Read: 1690–1721 to 1720 England Along with Anne Bonny, one of few known female pirates. When captured, Read escaped hanging by claiming she was pregnant, but died soon after of a fever while still in ...
Captain Flint: Treasure Island: 1883: Novel: The pirate captain who hid his treasures on the novel's titular island. Sea Hag: Thimble Theatre/Popeye: 1929: Comics: The Sea Hag is a major enemy of Popeye the Sailor. She is the last witch on earth, and a pirate who sails the Seven Seas in her ship "The Black Barnacle."
1911: In the story "Casting the Runes," by M.R. James, the runes of the title are likened to the black spot because they bring death to the bearer. 1930: In the novel Swallows and Amazons the pirate captain Uncle Jim (James Turner, also known as Captain Flint) receives the Black Spot from Nancy, a member of his crew.