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TREASURE ISLAND, BLACKBEARD'S CURSE AND MORGAN'S GOLD - Captain Henry Morgan sacked Spanish held Panama in 1671, taking the gold stolen from the Aztecs, and loading it onto his ships. After which his treasure ships just vanished. Henry did not want to pay the British a share of this haul as a privateer. He was arrested shortly afterward, facing the death penalty, but remained tight lipped. He was later released and knighted. Because he was too useful to England, who needed the former pirate to exert influence in the Caribbean. This is where John Storm's adventure begins. In the mists of the golden age of piracy.
The most swashbuckling adventure in the John Storm ocean adventure franchise, 'Treasure Island,' was published as a (1st draft) screenplay, in May, in the year of our Lord 2025,
The privateer, Captain Henry Morgan, died in August, 1688 at Lawrencefield in Jamaica. He was entombed in Port Royal. Then on June 7, 1692, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami submerged the city of Port Royal. Morgan along with it.
In 1716 the veteran mercenary, English Teach (Blackbeard) was declared a pirate again, having once been pardoned. He was famous for his thick black beard and fearsome features which terrified sailors when they were being boarded. He lay in wait for ships plying passage to the east coast of the American
colonies, North Carolina, blockading Charlestown, thus caught in a trap he mercilessly sacked those merchants for their cargoes rich in
gold, jewels and other
priceless artifacts.
[LEFT] Edward Teach and Lt Robert Maynard grapple with each other at the Battle of Ocracoke. Blackbeard takes the secret location of Morgan's treasure ship with him to the grave. Famously cursing Maynard and his descendants, before being beheaded. [RIGHT] John Storm finds the tomb of Captain Henry Morgan at the sunken city of Port Royal, and a clue as to his hidden treasure. It's the find of the century. Every boy's dream come true.
It is known that the notorious pirate Captain Henry Morgan plundered Spanish many chests full of galleons taking their Aztec gold and the rarest gemstones: diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. US and UK governors were baffled - but they'd killed the only man who could tell them where his fortune was hidden. As he died, Blackbeard cursed the British naval officer, his crew, and their generations to come. Telling that nobody but himself and the Devil knew the whereabouts of his secret stash, but that even if they did decipher the codes to locate it, they'd not live to enjoy their treasure trove for very long. For dead men tell no tales.
Some three-hundred and twenty years later, give or take, another Caribbean quake shakes loose clues as to the submerging of Port Royal, with Blue Shield and UNESCO keen to protect any recoverable artifacts.
[LEFT] Every boy's dream come true. John Storm finds one of Henry Morgan's treasure ships. It is laden with Aztec gold. The law on treasure trove is strict. John decides not to touch any of the treasure. But is charged with stealing the haul, anyway [RIGHT] The ghostly spirits of Captain Henry Morgan, and Blackbeard, share a toast in Davey Jones locker, when John Storm finds the treasure ship, they tried so hard to prevent falling into the wrong hands. They approve of Commander Storm, not any fallen Empire. And they were right to think so, as you will discover, as the story unfolds.
CHAPTERS - CHARACTERS - MOVIES - SCREENPLAY
GRAPHIC NOVEL ARTWORK - John Storm has heard many a sailor's yarn of Blackbeard's treasure, said to have been buried on Londoner's Island, the Virginia Beach sand dunes, and Plum Point and Blackbeard Island, among many other supposed locations, without any facts to support such theories. But, who does not enjoy a spooky sea tale? Imagine then his surprise, when confronted by the bones of Henry Morgan, he finds a secret compartment in the old sea dog's coffin, containing genuine clues in the form of a wooden carving. Analysis aboard the good ship Elizabeth Swann, confirms authenticity, and reveals much more.
One man has been guarding the existence of a parchment that contains clues to the location of Edward Teach's secret treasure trove on an Island in the Caribbean, said to be guarded by a macabre human spirit manifesting itself with a golden human skull. News of Storm's find triggers a treasure hunt.
B l a c k b e a r d ' s C u r s e and P i r a t e ' s G o l d
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