Black Sam's Spit
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- "Did ye not notice? That be the same little island we made you governor of on our last little trip."
"I did notice." - ―Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow[src]
Black Sam's Spit[1][2] was a small desert island in the Caribbean Sea, in relative proximity to Isla de Muerta, and located northwest of Tortuga. Rumrunners used the spit of land as a cache, and Jack Sparrow was marooned on the island following the first mutiny of Captain Hector Barbossa. In Pirates of the Caribbean Online, this island is known as Rumrunner's Isle.[3]
[edit] History
In order to improve his own mystique and legend, Jack Sparrow fabricated numerous elaborate stories about his escape from Black Sam's Spit, most famously that he had roped together two sea turtles (using hair from his back as rope) to fashion an impromptu raft. In actuality, Sparrow had simply resigned himself to his fate, discovered the rumrunners' cache and spent three days drinking rum. The rumrunners then arrived and he was able to barter passage off the island.[3]
Jack was later marooned on Black Sam's spit by Barbossa once more, along with Elizabeth Swann, some ten years after his first, legendary escape, following the destruction of the HMS Interceptor. By now, the rumrunners had long abandoned their cache, possibly due to James Norrington's efforts to eradicate piracy in the Caribbean. As Jack had no plan of escape, Elizabeth took matters into her own hands, and burned the remaining rum and food on the island, along with several trees, to create a smoke signal one thousand feet high. The plume was spotted by the marines aboard HMS Dauntless, and the two were quickly rescued.[3]
Jack would return once more to Black Sam's Spit within the following year: this time to maroon his former crew on the very island they twice left him to die, following their siege of Port Royal. The cursed crew escaped, however, presumably by walking across the seabed to safety.[4]
[edit] Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow: Silver (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- The Buccaneer's Heart!
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game)
