Treasure Island - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key people, places, objects, and terms from Treasure Island as depicted in the provided pages.

Admiral Benbow Inn

The coastal inn where Jim Hawkins and his mother host Captain Billy Bones; a meeting place for events that lead to the treasure hunt.

Billy Bones

The Old Buccaneer who lodges at the Admiral Benbow; a fearsome, trumpet-hatted pirate with a sabre-cut cheek.

Dr. Livesey

The local physician who treats Jim’s family and later becomes a trusted ally in organizing the treasure hunt.

Squire Trelawney

A wealthy, enthusiastic landowner who funds the voyage and helps recruit the crew for the Hispaniola.

Captain Smollett

The competent, level-headed captain of the Hispaniola who insists on discipline and proper orders.

Black Dog

A mutinous pirate who confronts Billy Bones at the Admiral Benbow inn and is chased off.

Pew

A blind beggar mutineer who later helps track the treasure on the island.

The Black Spot

A pirate summons—a note or mark that prophesies death; Jim reads the Black Spot with a message that he has till ten tonight.

The Hispaniola

The ship hired by the crew to take them to Treasure Island (and back).

Long John Silver

A one-legged, cunning cook who becomes captain of the mutineers and a key manipulator aboard the Hispaniola.

Ben Gunn

The maroon who has lived on Treasure Island for years; later assists Jim and the loyal crew.

Jim Hawkins

The narrator and protagonist who grows from inn boy to navigator and survivor during the treasure hunt.

Captain Flint

A legendary, feared buccaneer whose treasure and parrot haunt the mutineers; his name looms over the island’s past.

Cap’n Flint’s Parrot

The parrot that repeats “Pieces of Eight!” and serves as a reminder of Flint and his crew.

The Walrus

Flint’s old ship; its name appears on the treasure cache’s boards and helps identify Flint’s plot.

Skeleton Island

A name used for one of the island’s dangerous locations close to the treasure site; part of the island’s lore.

Spy-glass (Hill)

The tall hill on Treasure Island known as the Spy-glass; a major landmark used in plotting routes and treasure locations.

Tall Tree

A landmark noted on the treasure map; used with other bearings to locate the treasure.

Spy-glass Shoulder

A bearing on the map pointing toward the Spy-glass shoulder; part of the red-cross treasure clues.

North Inlet

The northern inlet where the Hispaniola seeks shelter and where the mutineers later attempt to seize the ship.

The Jolly Roger

The black pirate flag flown by mutineers and pirates to signal danger and piracy.

Pieces of Eight

A common pirate coin (Spanish dollars) famously chanted by Cap’n Flint’s parrot.

Doubloons/Louis d’or/Guineas

Various forms of gold coins (treasure) described in the book as the pirates’ wealth.

The Apple Barrel

Jim overhears mutineers plotting their plans from the ship’s barrel where he hides.

The coracle

Ben Gunn’s small, homemade boat used for risky, stealthy travel to and from the Hispaniola.

The Stockade

The fortified blockhouse on Treasure Island where the loyalists defend against mutineers.

Redruth

The faithful old gamekeeper who accompanies the squire and doctor and helps guard the inn and crew.

Morgan

Tom Morgan, a mutinous sailor who fatefully confronts Jim and Silver on the island.

Israel Hands

The mutinous coxswain who plays a major role in Silver’s crew and mutiny.

O’Brien

A mutineer associated with Flint’s crew; his corpse becomes a symbol of Flint’s brutal history.