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General information
Location	Caribbean Sea^[1]
Societal
Affiliation	Dead Man's Chest
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Latest appearance	At World's End (video game)

"The chest is no longer safe. Chart a course to Isla Cruces!"

―Davy Jones^[src]

Isla Cruces was an island in the Caribbean Sea. The island was known as a plagued island ever since the Church of England came to the island, bringing salvation, disease and death. Isla Cruces was mainly known to be the location of the fabled Dead Man's Chest, which contained the heart of Davy Jones.

HistoryEdit

LegendEdit

"You know this place?"
"Stories. The Church came to the island, and brought salvation, and disease and death. They say the priest had to bury everybody, one after the other. It drove him mad, and he hung himself."
"Better mad with the rest of the world than sane alone."

―James Norrington and Elizabeth Swann^[src]

Isla Cruces was once populated, and the Church established itself on the island. However, it was said to have brought disease to the island, resulting in a plague that wiped out the entire population. The priest had to bury the inhabitants, one by one, until he went insane and hung himself.^[2] Davy Jones buried the Dead Man's Chest on Isla Cruces after he was forsaken by Calypso, and cut out his own heart in his rage. He was believed to have chosen Isla Cruces as it was a plague island, now deserted. Given the location and the climate and look of the island, it bears a resemblance to the island of Oxbay. It is possible that it is the remains of that very colony.^[3]

Search for the Dead Man's ChestEdit

The chest, buried on one of the island's beaches, became the subject of much interest as several factions attempted to gain possession of it. Captain Jack Sparrow was able to discern the location of the chest through his compass, and had James Norrington dig it out from under the sand. A race for possession of the chest ensued with the arrival of William Turner, followed shortly by the crew of the Flying Dutchman.

The chase continued into the island's dense jungles, finally ending at the abandoned church, where Jack, Will and Norrington fought for the key, taking the battle onto the old mill wheel, which broke away and rolled down to the island's beach. Though Jack opened the chest and stole the heart, it ultimately ended up in Norrington's possession, leaving Davy Jones with an empty chest. The pirates departed the island, shortly before Jones summoned the Kraken to destroy the Black Pearl.

Behind the scenesEdit

Scenes on Isla Cruces from Dead Man's Chest were shot at White Cay in the Exumas, a district in the Bahamas. It was also the location of the Parley on the sandbar scene in At World's End.^[4]
Isla Cruces appears in the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned. But, since that game was canceled, it is unknown if the island's appearance in the game is canon or not.