TREASURE ISLAND BY CAROLINA VALLIN

 

Treasure island is a novel of Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1881.  The history takes place in the middle of the eighteenth century. It is the story of pirates who stole treasure from ships in the Caribbean. These pirates buried the treasure on an island. The pirates were cruel and violent. They all wanted the treasure. They fought and killed each other. Treasure island is not a true story. Captain Flint and Long  John Silver were not real pirates. Treasure island is not a real place. But there were pirates in many parts of the world in the eighteenth century. There were pirates in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the China Seas. Ships went from South  America to Spain. These ships carried gold,  silver and goods around the Caribbean. And they were often attacked by pirates. Some famous pirates where Captain Henry Morgan, Blackbeard and Mary Read. Trasure island is one of the most famous stories.