Long John Silver
One-legged sea cook
Long John Silver is the one-legged pirate and cook in Robert Louis Stevenson's *Treasure Island* (1883), memorable for his cunning charm and treachery.
The character has become iconic—peg leg, parrot on shoulder, scheming manner.
The name also belongs to a fast-food seafood chain: We grabbed fish and chips at Long John Silver's.
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- sea dogVeteran mariner
- peg legProsthetic limb of wood
- peglegTimber prosthesis below knee
- wooden legTimber limb replacement
parrot · treasure · Treasure Island · captain · buccaneer · hook · eyepatch · ship · yo ho ho · tavern · rum · mutiny · Hispaniola · black spot · pieces of eight · Stevenson · seafood · fish and chips
- Stevenson CharactersJim Hawkins, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, Captain Flint, Poole
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- adventure fictionpirates, treasure hunts, shipwrecks, sea voyages, exploration
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Pirate FilmsPirates of the Caribbean, Treasure Island, Blackbeard, The Black Swan, Captain Kidd
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
Long John SilverJim Hawkins
Long John SilverJack Sparrow
Robinson Crusoe · Captain Nemo · Robin Hood · Peter Pan · Westley
Long John SilverAdmiral Nelson
Famous British naval commander
Captain Bligh · ship's captain · naval officer · legitimate authority · Captain Ahab
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