St. Lucia

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Saint Lucia
General information
Location	Caribbean
Societal
Affiliation	France England

Saint Lucia, or St. Lucia, was an island of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The island was part of the Lesser Antilles, located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. In the 1600s, the island was colonized by the English and French, with England and France having variously occupied, fought over, or declared neutral territory in the ensuing years, although the island remained a de facto French colony well into the 1700s. When he was a merchant seaman aboard the Wicked Wench, Captain Jack Sparrow checked his position by sighting the outermost islands of the Caribbees through his spyglass, including St. Lucia, identifiable by its high mountains.

History

Leaving Bequia in late November, the infamous pirate Blackbeard with his new ship cruised the Caribbean taking prizes and adding to his fleet. From the Grenadines, Blackbeard sailed north along the Lesser Antilles plundering ships near St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Nevis, and Antigua, and by early December he had arrived off the eastern end of Puerto Rico. From there, the pirates were headed to Samana Bay in Hispaniola. By April 1718 the pirates were off the Turneffe Islands in the Bay of Honduras. It was there that Blackbeard captured the sloop Adventure, forcing the sloop's captain, David Herriot, to join him. Sailing east once again, the pirates passed near the Cayman Islands and captured a Spanish sloop off Cuba that they also added to their flotilla. Turning north, they sailed through the Bahamas and proceeded up the North American coast. In May 1718, the pirates arrived off Charleston in South Carolina, with the Queen Anne's Revenge and three smaller sloops.

Returning to the Caribbean, Roberts put into Carriacou to careening the Good Fortune. When this was completed he renamed the ship Royal Fortune and moved to attack St. Kitts. Entering Basse Terra Roads, he quickly captured all of the shipping in the harbor. After a brief stay on St. Bartholomew, Roberts' fleet began attacking shipping off St. Lucia and took 15 ships in three days. Among the prisoners was James Skyrme who became one of Roberts' captains. Through the spring of 1721, Roberts' and his men effectively stopped trade in the Windward Islands.

When the East India Trading Company merchant ship, Wicked Wench, approached the Caribbean on her maiden voyage under the ship's commanding officer, Captain Jack Sparrow, he checked his position by sighting the outermost islands through his spyglass and saw St. Lucia, identifiable by its high mountains.

Behind the scenes

"I had to trade it. To learn the rules of the Fountain."
"Ah. And?"
"I haven't seen you with such desire since St. Lucia. Short lived, as I recall."
"Tell me the rules."
"Are we partners. Can I trust you? I need you on my side, Jack."
"We are thick as thieves. Angelica."

―Angelica and Jack Sparrow

St. Lucia first appeared in the 2011 novel Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin. Prior to this, St. Lucia was mentioned in behind-the-scenes material related to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. For the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, after a lengthy but surely not unpleasant survey of the Caribbean region, the filmmakers finally found what they were looking for in St. Vincent, located in a small southeastern corner of the Caribbean between St. Lucia and Grenada.

The Henrietta, an background ship unnamed in the film, was portrayed by the brig Unicorn. Though it was unnamed in the film and related media, the Henrietta was named in an article on The St. Lucia STAR news website. In 2014, the Unicorn sunk off Saint Lucia.

As the back-to-back production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End began on February 28, 2005, the cast and crew flew to the island republic of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. But because St. Vincent's airport couldn't contain anything bigger than a two-engine prop commuter plane, their jet had to land on the neighboring island of St. Lucia, situated between St. Vincent and Martinique, and ferry the company, over rough seas for two hours, to their destination.

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for On Stranger Tides, St. Lucia was mentioned by Angelica to Jack Sparrow during their dance aboard Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, during the quest for the Fountain of Youth. While it is unknown if the line was ever spoken on set, the dance scene was edited for overall pacing and overall film length.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Picture only) (Map only)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies (First mentioned)

External links

• Saint Lucia 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 – Dominica – Guadeloupe – 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 – San Silvestre –Shipwreck Island – St. Lucia – Tortuga – Unnamed Island Europe Barcelona – Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland London – Marseille – Paris – Portugal – Scotland – Seville – Spain – Other locations Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena
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