Tortuga, pirate isle of mystery

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Tortuga, pirate isle of mystery; no-one in the Balcony knows where it is!
Topic Started: Feb 17 2009, 06:37 AM (136 Views)
andarius	Feb 17 2009, 06:37 AM Post #1
Charter Member Posts: 3,406 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	I've always wondered where Tortuga is - I looked it up on an atlas once and there's an island called Tortuga near Venezuela. In The Fortunes of Captain Blood there is a very detailed description of Tortuga, but it has a different name on my Collins Atlas! Sadly, I must keep the location secret to protect the 'brethren of the coast'!B)



Don Diego	Feb 17 2009, 07:16 AM Post #2
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 12,055 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: September 4, 2005	Tortuga is an island that forms part of Haiti (island off the north west coast of Hispanola) matey Edited by Don Diego, Feb 17 2009, 01:25 PM.



panzer the great & terrible	Feb 17 2009, 11:23 AM Post #3
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,356 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	So much for the brethren.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


andarius	Feb 18 2009, 01:50 PM Post #4
Charter Member Posts: 3,406 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Don Diego Feb 17 2009, 07:16 AM Tortuga is an island that forms part of Haiti (island off the north west coast of Hispanola) matey Harr harr, me hearty - roit ya be!



andarius	Feb 18 2009, 01:51 PM Post #5
Charter Member Posts: 3,406 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	panzer the great & terrible Feb 17 2009, 11:23 AM So much for the brethren. But they're a bully lot who sing merrily... Fifteen men on a dead man's chest...?



CliffClaven	Aug 2 2009, 11:47 PM Post #6
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2009	There's a last-gasp swashbuckler titled "Pirates of Tortuga" on DVD -- has sort of a early 60's Universal buzz; competent on most scores but strangely bland. I'm still waiting for "King's Pirate," a cheerfully cheesy remake of "Against All Flags" with Doug McClure, Jill St. John in tight pants, and Richard Deacon. Yes, Richard Deacon -- playing Mel Cooley, a pirate bureaucrat.



andarius	Aug 4 2009, 05:22 AM Post #7
Charter Member Posts: 3,406 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	CliffClaven Aug 2 2009, 11:47 PM There's a last-gasp swashbuckler titled "Pirates of Tortuga" on DVD -- . Saw that many, many years ago on TV - starring Ken Scott - the only other thing I remember seeing him in was an episode of Alias Smith and Jones.


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