Rumrunner's Isle is a location featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, first introduced in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Background[]
This island is a small deserted island located in the Caribbean Sea, located near Isla de Muerta as well as being located northwest of Tortuga. Hence its name, there were rumrunners who used this plot of land as a cache and was the place where Jack Sparrow was marooned on this island throughout the first mutiny on the Black Pearl caused by Hector Barbossa who served as the captain.
Appearances[]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl[]
On their way to Isla de Muerta, Captain Hector Barbossa led the Crew of the Black Pearl to start a mutiny against Jack Sparrow. Throughout the event, Jack was left marooned on the island, leaving him for dead, only for him to escape. Jack made numerous stories about his escape from the island, most famously about a story that he had roped two sea turtles using hair from his back as a rope to use as a makeshift raft; however, Jack resigned himself to his fate and discovered the cache while spending three days drinking rum. As the rumrunners arrived, Jack was able to barter them off the island.
During his second visit, Jack was marooned on this island by Barbossa once again, along with Elizabeth Swann, ten years after escaping the HMS Interceptor, which was destroyed. Since then, this island was was abandoned by the rumrunners ten years since Jack came, which was possibly due to the plans made by James Norrington in a plan for him to eradicate piracy. With no plan to escape the island, Elizabeth burned the remaining rum and food on the island, alongside several trees. when the crew of the Dauntless arrived at the island and saw Jack and Elizabeth marooned, the two were rescued. It is unknown if this island was visited again, but there was a map to the rum locker displayed on one of the pages of the Pirata Codex.
Printed material[]
The Buccaneer's Heart![]
This island also appeared in the non-canonical Disney Adventures book where Bo'sun leads the cursed crew commandeering the HMS Dauntless; however, they were defeated by the ghosts of real-world pirates, Blackbeard, Mary Read, Henry Morgan, and Bartholomew Roberts respectively. Jack later marooned them on the island.
Trivia[]
- At one point during the part where Jack and Elizabeth were marooned on this island, they were briefly heard singing "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, as the film itself features elements from the original attraction.
- Scenes used for this island were filmed on Petit Tabac, one of the outer islands located in the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.[1]
- Although this island was never named onscreen, it was given several names behind the scenes or in other media related to Pirates of the Caribbean:
- According to Terry Rossio, who wrote The Curse of the Black Pearl, he revealed that "Black Sam's Spit" was a proposed name of the island. According to a post on Wordplay, the production team were asked to give a name for the small island naming it after "Sam", in reference to a Pirates of the Caribbean fan of the same name who was delighted. The name "Black Sam's Spit"[2] was later used for a Monopoly-themed Pirates of the Caribbean game.
- This island was named "Rum Island" in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.
- The name "Rumrunner's Isle" was used in the discontinued online game, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Annual 2008 and an old version of the official Pirates of the Caribbean website prior to being updated for the release of On Stranger Tides.
- In the non-canonical LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, this island was called the "Smuggler's Den".
- The book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide incorrectly uses a promotional image of this island for the background on the first page centered around Port Royal.[3]
- There is a ship resembling the Black Pearl lying half sunken on the coast of the island in the non-canonical LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, where the cellar leads to large caves located beneath the island.
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