Singapore

For other uses, see Singapore (disambiguation)

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"Captain Barbossa. Welcome to Singapore."

―Sao Feng to Hector Barbossa

Singapore was an island city located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, Asia. The name Singapore is derived from the Malay words singa (lion) and pura (city).

History

"I never would have thought of that."
"Clearly you've never been to Singapore."

―Murtogg and Jack Sparrow

Sao Feng's bath house in Singapore became the site of a confrontation between Sao Feng and Hector Barbossa, during the latter's quest to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. The intervention of the East India Trading Company led to a full-scale battle in the streets of Singapore, during which a fireworks factory was destroyed by Jack the monkey. With haste, Barbossa's crew set sail in the Hai Peng, soon followed by Sao Feng himself in the Empress, intending to track down Jack Sparrow.

Layout

"You've been to the Orient?"
"Aye. Singapore. And other places."
"I was stationed in Nippon for three years."
"I can tell. Very nice collection of netsuke."

―Cutler Beckett and Jack Sparrow

Singapore concept art.

The harbor city of Singapore appeared to be little more than a dilapidated shanty town, though, due in part to Pirate Lord Sao Feng's influence, the city held many secrets. Chart-makers and glass-blowers frequented the narrow byways, many operating covertly as spies for Sao Feng. Sao Feng's bath house was located deep within the shadowy backwaters of Singapore, beyond the city's marketplace. A sacred retreat built on the stone foundations of a 16th century fort, the bath house was a hallowed haunt only the most privileged or notorious were allowed entry to.

Behind the scenes

• In real-world history, modern Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles in 1819 on behalf of the East India Trading Company. In the early mid-1700s, however, the inhabitants of Singapore would not have been Chinese but instead Malay due to the proximity of the Malaysian Peninsula to the island. Prior to 1819, Singapore would have been a small trading outpost of the Johor Sultanate, not a bustling port town inhabited by Chinese.
• The first edition of the Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies book was printed in Singapore.

Appearances

• Jack Sparrow: City of Gold (Mentioned only)
• The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First mentioned)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) (First appearance)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide

​External links

• Singapore on Wikipedia

Notes and references

Locations in Pirates of the Caribbean
Africa Barbary Coast – Calabar – Egypt – Kerma – Slave Coast – Tripoli The Americas Boston – Florida – Louisiana – Mexico – New Orleans – North Carolina Panama – Peru – Savannah – Virginia – Yucatán Peninsula Asia Bombay – China – Hong Kong – India – Nippon – Shanghai – Singapore The Bahamas Andros – Nassau – New Avalon – New Providence The Caribbean Antigua – Black rock island – Cuba – Devil's Triangle – Hangman's Bay – Hispaniola Ile d'Etable de Porc – Isla De La Avaricia – Isla Cruces – Isla de Muerta – Isla de Pelegostos Martinique – Padres Del Fuego – Port Royal – Poseidon's Tomb Puerto Rico – Saint Martin – Shipwreck Island – Tortuga – Unnamed Island Europe Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland London – Marseille – Portugal – Spain Other locations Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena
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