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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 ...
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.
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
Image credits: Print Collector / Getty Images #6 Captain Kidd. Captain William Kidd, born in Scotland around 1645, is best known in pirate history for his unfortunate luck. In 1689, his career on ...
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.
Pirate, trader, and pirate hunter in the Caribbean, best known for his association with Benjamin Hornigold. John Cole (pirate) d. 1718 1718 England Associated with Richard Worley and William Moody. He is known more for the unusual cargo of his pirate ship than for his piracy. Robert Colley: d. 1698 1695–1698 Colonial America
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