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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.
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 ...
Captain J. Flint: A pirate who was captain of a ship called the Walrus, and who is dead before the events of the novel begin. In life he was the leader of the pirates and they refer to him often. In life he was the leader of the pirates and they refer to him often.
Charles Vane, Defying the Governor, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835025. In August, Vane careened his ship near Abaco, where his accomplice Nicholas Woodall smuggled him supplies and ammunition. Hornigold had turned pirate-hunter along with his associate John Cockram and followed Vane ...
The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel. USS James T Doig – destroyer, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971; Janet Coombe – from the novel The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier, 1931; Jolly Roger – Captain Hook's pirate ship, Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, 1904
Captain Flint's pirate band works with Murray in the operation, and are promised just short of half the captured treasure (which is transferred from Murray's Royal James to Flint's Walrus at Captain Kidd's Anchorage on Treasure Island). Mistrusting each other, Murray's and Flint's bands come to blows over the treasure, however.
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James Flint (RAF officer) (1913–2013), British businessman and officer; Bruiser Flint (James Flint, born 1965), American basketball coach; James Flint (novelist) (born 1968), British novelist; Captain Flint, a fictional character, created by Robert Louis Stevenson; Captain James Flint, a fictional character in the Swallows and Amazons series ...