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This is a list of islands and other locations in thePirates of the Caribbean film series.
Davy Jones' Locker is a fictional place first mentioned inPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl andDead Man's Chest before being featured prominently inAt World's End. Based on areal superstition of the same name, Davy Jones' Locker is the nautical idiom meaning "the bottom of the sea". The Locker is also a realm in the Land of the Dead, similar topurgatory, and the place whereDavy Jones was entrusted with the task offerrying the souls of those who died at sea into the next world by the goddessCalypso.
When Bootstrap Bill Turner was talked of inThe Curse of the Black Pearl,Pintel and Ragetti tellWill Turner that Bootstrap Bill was sent to the crushing oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker. InDead Man's Chest, afterJack Sparrow is taken to the Locker by theKraken, Calypso organizes a mission to rescue him from the Locker back to the land of the living. InAt World's End, Calypso is accompanied byElizabeth Swann, Will Turner, andHector Barbossa, among others. They reach the Locker by the use of magical charts leading to World's End. Sao Feng, one of the nine Pirate Lords, was the previous owner of these charts. After the crew reach the Locker, they find Jack and theBlack Pearl stranded in the desert. Jack, unable to move the ship, has begun to hallucinate. The ship is transported to the ocean by many crabs under the control of Calypso. While on the ocean, the crew see the ghost of GovernorWeatherby Swann, who has been murdered on the orders ofCutler Beckett. By deciphering the clues onSao Feng's charts, Jack discovers the way to escape the Locker. At sunset, the crewcapsizes the ship; this triggers agreen flash and returns thePearl to the world of the living, effectively reviving Jack.
The arid plain where theBlack Pearl is beached was filmed at theBonneville Salt Flats inUtah. The shore where thePearl re-enters the ocean was filmed at theGuadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in California.[1]
Isla Cruces is a fictionaltropical island introduced inDead Man's Chest. It is the place whereDavy Jones buried the eponymous 'Dead Man's Chest', which contains his beating heart; stabbing the heart is the only way to kill Jones.
The island appears to have been abandoned; the previous occupants are unknown, but there are crumbling buildings indicating that it was once inhabited. On the island,Jack Sparrow,Will Turner, andJames Norrington duel for control of the chest. Norrington escapes with the chest, and gives it toCutler Beckett in exchange for a full pardon.
It is not revealed in the film why Davy Jones buried the Chest on Isla Cruces. However, the film's writers,Ted Elliott andTerry Rossio, imply in thePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest DVDaudio commentary, that Jones chose it because it is a plague island that remains deserted.[citation needed]
The ruined church, graveyard, and mill were filmed inVieille Case,Dominica. The beach where Norrington, Sparrow, and Turner duel was filmed nearLittle Exuma inThe Bahamas.[2]
Isla de Muerta ('Island of Dead' [sic]) is a mysterious island featured inThe Curse of the Black Pearl where the titularBlack Pearl's pirate crew hide their lootedtreasure. It is revealed to be the location of theAztec treasure that has cursedCaptain Barbossa and his crew.
According toJack Sparrow, Isla de Muerta is an island thatcannot be found, except by those who already know where it is hidden. From the air, the island resembles a human skull. Mysteriously shrouded in fog, the isle is surrounded by agraveyard of sunken ships; its waters swarm withhammerhead sharks andshoaling fish. The island contains a series of connected caves, which contain the crew's loot and the Chest of Cortes.
Before the events of the film, Barbossa leads amutiny against Jack Sparrow and becomes the captain of theBlack Pearl. Later, the crew finds cursed Aztec treasure on Isla de Muerta. By removing the golden medallions from their chest, the crew becomeundead and lose the ability to feel physical pleasure. In order to remove the curse, the crew collect the medallions and return them.
Barbossa, believing thatElizabeth Swann is the key to breaking his curse, kidnaps her and brings her to Isla de Muerta. Captain Sparrow uses his magical compass, which points to the thing the user wants most, to follow him. With the help ofWill Turner, Elizabeth, and Jack fight against the pirates in the caves under the island.James Norrington and his men fight against Barbossa's crew in the bay just offshore. By using Will's blood, the curse is broken and Jack kills Barbossa.
InDead Man's Chest, it's learned that the island was reclaimed by the sea, taking with it both the cursed Aztec treasure and the mountains of gold that Barbossa's crew had hoarded while they were cursed. It was with this gold that Jack Sparrow had agreed to pay his new crew.
Isla de Pelegostos, also known asCannibal Island, is a fictionalCaribbean island.
InDead Man's Chest,Bootstrap Bill, acting asDavy Jones's agent, delivers theBlack Spot to CaptainJack Sparrow, a mark indicating that hisblood debt to Jones is due. To avoid the monstrousKraken that is hunting him, Jack commands the crew of theBlack Pearl to land as fast as possible. They alight on Pelegosto, a typical Caribbean island with sandy beaches and lush, mountainous jungles; despite its paradise-like appearance, it is inhabited by a viciouscannibal tribe that captures thePearl's crew. They believe Jack Sparrow is a god in human form and intend to eat him to "release him from his fleshy prison."Will Turner arrives and helps them escape.
The island may be near Cuba,Tia Dalma, anobeah woman and mystic, lives in a shack in the Pantano River located in Cuba. Jack seeks out Tia Dalma for help, trading Barbossa's undead monkey for a jar of dirt, which Dalma claims will protect Sparrow from Davy Jones. After Jack was taken to Davy Jones's Locker by the Kraken, his crew return to Dalma's shack. Dalma reveals that she has resurrected Barbossa, and they will lead a mission to rescue Jack.
Scenes set on the island were filmed onDominica. The Pelegosto tribe's main village was built south of the island's capital,Roseau. Other scenes were filmed inMorne Trois Pitons National Park andIndian River.[2]
London, sometimes referred to asLondon Town, is the capital city of England in Great Britain that was mentioned in the first three films and first appears inPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
The Curse of the Black Pearl opens with Governor Weatherby Swann, his daughter Elizabeth, James Norrington, and Joshamee Gibbs sailing from the crossing of England to the Caribbean, with the Swanns having previously been living in London. Will Turner also lived in England until his mother died, after which he came looking for his father. Elizabeth was given a dress from London, which included a corset that caused her not to breathe, which led to the circumstances in which she is kidnapped by Captain Barbossa's crew aboard theBlack Pearl. InDead Man's Chest, Lord Cutler Beckett has Letters of Marque, with which he attempts to employ Jack Sparrow as a privateer of England. After Governor Swann attempts to help Elizabeth escape through a passage to England, Beckett also blackmails Swann for his authority and influence in London, as well as his authority to the East India Trading Company. InAt World's End, Norrington thought Governor Swann returned to England, only for Elizabeth to reveal it was a lie that Beckett told to cover up his involvement in the governor's murder.
InOn Stranger Tides, London makes a physical appearance within the first part of the film. Jack Sparrow rescues his first mate, Joshamee Gibbs, from execution in theOld Bailey, only to get captured atSt. James's Palace. Prior to this, Gibbs tells Jack that there was a rumor of another Jack Sparrow in London recruiting a crew in a pub called theCaptain's Daughter.King George, who also heard the rumor of Sparrow in London, only for the pirate to escape. The King's Royal Guards chase Jack through London's streets until the pirate escapes to find his impostor is Angelica, Jack's former lover and daughter of Blackbeard, who thenshanghais Jack into service aboard theQueen Anne's Revenge. Meanwhile, at theExecution Dock at theTower of London, Gibbs meets Barbossa, now aprivateer sporting a peg leg and having lost theBlack Pearl, who are then recruited aboard HMSProvidence.
Port Royal is a major harbor in theCaribbean. It is based on the historicalPort Royal, a city located at the end of thePalisadoes at the mouth of theKingston Harbour, in southeasternJamaica.
Elizabeth Swann arrives in Port Royal as a child, after her fatherWeatherby Swann is appointed governor. Inthe first film,Will Turner works in the town as a blacksmith's apprentice. Port Royal is attacked by the crew of theBlack Pearl after Elizabeth accidentally summons the pirates.Pintel and Ragetti kidnap Elizabeth from her mansion, which is located in the town. Jack is imprisoned in the jail there, but Will Turner helps him escape.
InDead Man's Chest,Cutler Beckett uses Port Royal as his base of operations.
Scenes set in the harbor of Port Royal were filmed at Wallilabou Bay,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Today, those sets are still standing for tourist to come and visit. A replica ofFort Charles was built on thePalos Verdes Peninsula nearLos Angeles, as was Governor Swann's mansion. The scenes set inside the mansion were filmed inManhattan Beach, California.[3]
Rumrunner's Isle, also known asBlack Sam's Spit orRum Island, is a smalldeserted island that first appears inThe Curse of the Black Pearl.
While the island was never named onscreen, it was given several names behind the scenes or in other media. According to a post onWordplay byTerry Rossio, they were asked to put a name to the "tiny sandy island" and named it for Sam, a hugePirates fan who "works upstairs at Disney." According to Rossio, Sam was delighted, and then a year or so later, she sent this sweet e-mail: "Will you thank you guys for me? You have all made me something of an unknown immortal. In the new Monopoly game, there is a card about the marooning titled "Black Sam's Spit". I may just swoon." The name "Black Sam's Spit" was later used for the Pirates of the Caribbean Monopoly game.[4]Jack Sparrow called the island "Rum Island" in the 2006 video gamePirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. The name "Rumrunner's Isle" was mostly used other media, most notablyPirates of the Caribbean Online. In the non-canonicalLEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, the island was called the "Smuggler's Den".
Before the events ofThe Curse of the Black Pearl,Barbossa leads amutiny against Jack andmaroons him on the island, leaving his former captain a pistol holding a single shot to commitsuicide before starving to death. For the next ten years, Barbossa assumes that Jack has died; he is surprised to learn of his survival during the events of the first film. According to a storyJoshamee Gibbs toldWill Turner, Jack used a raft made ofsea turtles to escape the island, with Jack himself adding he used his own back hair as rope; a variation of this version appears inThe Legend of Jack Sparrow video game. In reality, the island was a haven forrum-runners, which Jack discovers by lying on a beach drinking their stash of liquor for three days, andbarters passage off the isle when the bootleggers return. Jack relays this version toElizabeth Swann after Barbossa maroons them on that same island. Elizabeth burns the stash of rum in order to create asignal fire, much to Jack's anger, and they are rescued byJames Norrington and the HMSDauntless.
The scenes on Rum-runner's Isle were filmed in Petit Tabac, one of five islands known as theTobago Cays, inSaint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3][5]
Shipwreck Cove is aninlet on the fictionalShipwreck Island, which also liesShipwreck City, appearing inAt World's End. Shipwreck Cove is considered to be an impregnable fortress, well-supplied, and able to withstand nearly any siege. It serves as the meeting place for theBrethren Court, which is a gathering of the world's nine Pirate Lords.
The Fourth Brethren Court meet to discuss the threat of theEast India Trading Company (EITC) and the ways in which to combat this threat.Hector Barbossa insists that the Court must freeCalypso, a sea goddess who was trapped in human form by the first Brethren Court. Sparrow and Elizabeth prefer to fight directly against the EITC. Elizabeth is elected Pirate King by the Court, and she declares war onCutler Beckett.
ThePirate's Code is kept at Shipwreck Cove. This rulebook serves as the source of law for all pirates. Jack Sparrow's father,Captain Teague, is the Keeper of the Code.
Scenes set on Shipwreck Island were filmed inDominica.[1]
The fictionalised Singapore is filled with bridge-covered waterways and crude wooden buildings, and differs markedly from the actual historicalSingapore.[citation needed] The sets for thebathhouse, harbor, andstilt houses were constructed atUniversal Studios inLos Angeles.[1]
InAt World's End,Hector Barbossa andElizabeth Swann visitSao Feng to steal his navigational charts, which lead to World's End. They request a ship and a crew to rescueJack Sparrow fromDavy Jones's Locker. Sao Feng has capturedWill Turner, who attempted to steal the charts from Feng. After a tense standoff, the pirates form a temporary alliance when they are attacked byIan Mercer and theEast India Trading Company. After a series of skirmishes and negotiations, Feng grants them a ship and a crew.
Tortuga is anisland off the northern coast ofSaint-Domingue (Haiti), out of the jurisdiction of theRoyal Navy and theEast India Trading Company. While it remains afree port where traders can escape the high East India tariffs, it is a dangerous one where illegal transactions are common.
In the first film,Captain Jack Sparrow andWill Turnermoor their stolen ship, theInterceptor, in Tortuga to recruit a crew. Their crew includedJoshamee Gibbs,Anamaria,Cotton, andMarty. Here, Jack also encounters Giselle and Scarlett, with whom he has had past romantic relationships.
InDead Man's Chest, Will goes to Tortuga to hunt for Jack Sparrow. A denizen tells Will that he saw a ship with black sails (theBlack Pearl) beached onPelegosto. Jack returns to Tortuga to try to enlist 99 unsuspecting sailors to pay off hisblood debt toDavy Jones. Although he falls far short of his goal, the new crew proves useful during the final confrontation with theKraken. Jack is reunited withElizabeth Swann while in Tortuga and also recruits the disgracedJames Norrington, who resigned his commission after losing his ship in a hurricane.
At the conclusion ofAt World's End, Barbossa leaves Jack and Gibbs in Tortuga by once again hijacking theBlack Pearl. Gibbs remains in Tortuga with Giselle and Scarlett.
At the end ofOn Stranger Tides, Barbossa is in command ofBlackbeard's ship, theQueen Anne's Revenge. He yells out that they will travel back to Tortuga, although this is not shown onscreen.
Scenes set in Tortuga were filmed inWallilabou Bay,St. Vincent and the Grenadines.[1]
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