CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW

After seeing the title, there must be only one movie wandering in your head, right? So, this time we are going to show you the locations that exist in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.

In the movie there are real locations and also imaginary locations which were created for this movie. We will share with you about the real locations, so join us to the Caribbean. Let’s go!

1.TORTUGA

Jack Sparrow and Will Turner in Tortuga

Tortuga, also known as Tortuga Port, named by the Spanish after the turtle it resembled, was an island in the Caribbean, located north of Hispaniola. Of all the pirate islands in the Caribbean, none was the equal of Tortuga. Dangerous, boisterous, drunken, and bawdy, Tortuga was a pirate heaven. The isle of Tortuga became the center of piracy in the 17th century. With its cantered, rotting docks, weatherbeaten buildings, and odd assortment of livestock running free, it was far less civilized than Port Royal. Tortuga appeared to be generally a lawless place, one of the only places a pirate considered to be free with no governing law, despite the expansion of the East India Trading Company. Scenes in Tortuga were filmed primarily in St. Vincent in the productions of The Curse of the Black Pearl as well as the back-to-back productions of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End.

2. PORT ROYAL

Port Royal during 18th century

Port Royal was a major city and a bustling harbor town situated on the western end of Palisadoes in Jamaica. Founded by the English, a garrison of the British Royal Navy maintained a presence at the town. During the 17th century, the city was a popular place for buccaneers, eventually becoming the major center of piracy in the Caribbean, though that situation would change in later years. For Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, scenes in Port Royal were primarily filmed in St. Vincent in the Grenadines, part of the Windward Islands in the south Caribbean, was the production base in the southern Caribbean. The Port Royal harbour was built at Wallilabou Bay on St. Vincent (the dock and a facade have been left), and the small town set (which has now gone) at Chateaubelair.Since the completion of the first film, there had been some damage to the dock, which had to be rebuilt for Dead Man's Chest while the church for the opening wedding scene was constructed in Palos Verdes, on the coast south of Los Angeles, the same location where the original Port Royal set had been built for the first film.

3. SINGAPORE

The Singapore concept art

Singapore was an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, Asia. The name Singapore is derived from the Malay words singa (lion) and pura (city). Somehow, we feel proud to say this because it is just our neighbour right beside us. J

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 HaiPeng, soon followed by Sao Feng himself in the Empress, intending to track down Jack Sparrow.

4. THE CASPIAN SEA

The Caspian Sea was the largest lake on Earth by area, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers. It was a landlocked endorheic body of water lying between Russia and Iran. It had a maximum depth of about 1,025 meters.

Pirate Captain Hector Barbossa became Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea, and was wanted dead or alive by the East India Trading Company for piracy in the area. His predecessor was Borya Palachnik.

5. FORT CHARLES

Jack tried to escape at Fort Charles

Jack is ready to be hung 

Fort Charles was a stronghold located at the bustling harbor town of Port Royal. Located on a bluff overlooking the harbor, Fort Charles was one of England's biggest government fort in the Caribbean. The fort served as the base of operations for British Royal Navy forces commanded by Commodore James Norrington. Towering over the town, Fort Charles was supposed to protect the ships of the Royal Navy moored in the harbor below. The fortress also included the Commodore's office, a dank prison cellblock and, in the center courtyard of the fort, a gallows to remind the townspeople just where they were. For Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, scenes in Fort Charles was built on a three-acre bluff on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, south of Los Angeles, on the site of Marineland, a one-time amusement park (near the Point Vicente Lighthouse seen in Pearl Harbor).

6. SPAIN

Carriage riding to the Cadiz Royal Palace in Spain

The Kingdom of Spain was the European country that was in charge of the Spanish Royal Navy. Spain also owned many colonies on the North American mainland. Its capital city was Madrid. For filming On Stranger Tides, a scene of a carriage arriving to the royal palace in Cádiz was filmed at Castillo San Cristobal in Old San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. Castillo San Cristobal was one of the two great fortifications built by Spain to guard San Juan from land attack. Construction began in 1634 and was completed in 1783, making it absolutely period-correct for the film's mid-eighteenth-century setting.

7. CARIBBEAN

From top view of Caribbean

Well, this is the most crucial location in this movie. The Caribbean were composed of three great island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Most of the islands were controled by some of the colonial powers of Europe, like Great Britain, Spain, France, or Holland. There were also islands controled by pirates, like Tortuga, and islands controled by the Caribbean natives, like Pelegosto. 

"Welcome to the Caribbean, love." (Jack Sparrow said to Elizabeth Swann)

So guys, we have done for this post. Wow, there must be a lot more interesting places in this movie that we eager to know, right? Can’t wait to see our next post? What will be our next entry?

Just wait and see. J