Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean
General information
Continent	India
Notable inhabitants	Sumbhajee Angria Askay Pusasn
Societal
Affiliation	British Empire East India Trading Company Sumbhajee's pirates France Portugal Holland
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Turning Tide
Latest appearance	Wild Waters

"If you hadn't given that horrid girl your mirror in the first place, it wouldn't be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean right now!"

―Benedict Huntington to Barbara Huntington

The Indian Ocean, otherwise known as the Latin name Oeanus Orientalis and the Eastern Ocean, was the third largest ocean or body of water on Earth. Named after India, which protruded into it, the Indian Ocean was the only ocean named after a country. It was bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean. The Indian Ocean had large marginal, or regional seas. Historically, the Indian Ocean has been a hub of cultural and commercial exchange since ancient times, playing a key role in early human migrations, the spread of civilizations, as well as global trade, with concerns in the region include the effects of piracy.

History

During the Age of Piracy, the serene and priestly Hindu known as Sri Sumbhajee became one of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court, as Lord of the Indian Ocean. Sumbhajee began serving under the title as the Indian Pirate Lord no later than Captain Jack Sparrow's quest for the Shadow Gold, and continued through the war between the Fourth Brethren Court and Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company. At some point prior to the Fourth Court, Jack Sparrow and Captain Teague, the Keeper of the Pirate Code, retrieved the stolen Pirate Code book. Beckett also had a map of the world with the Latin name "Oeanus Orientalis" painted on the wall of his office in Port Royal, and another map with the name "Eastern Ocean" in the captain's cabin of the Endeavour.

Behind the scenes

The Indian Ocean made its first pictured appearance in the Pirates of the Caribbean official website, as well as the reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, depicted under the Latin name "Oeanus Orientalis" on a map of the world that was painted in Lord Cutler Beckett's office in the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. It was first identified as the "Indian Ocean" in promotions for the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which featured Sri Sumbhajee, the Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean; though the name first appeared in the official website, it was first published in the reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide, and T.T. Sutherland's junior novelization. In the film itself, it was identified as the "Eastern Ocean" on another map found in the captain's cabin of the HMS Endeavour. The Indian Ocean made its first physical appearance in the At World's End tie-in comic Tears of the Goddess, as well as Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide by Rob Kidd.

Madagascar and the Indian Ocean were mentioned in Tim Powers' 1987 novel On Stranger Tides, which was used as the basis for the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Appearances

• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow (Mentioned only)
• Tears of the Goddess (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Map only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Map only) (First identified as Eastern Ocean)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (Mentioned only)

Sources

• DisneyPirates.com (First pictured) (Map only) (First identified as Oeanus Orientalis and Indian Ocean)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide (Map only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide (Map only)
• Inside the Brethren Court

External links

• Indian Ocean on Wikipedia