a
novel written in 1883 by Scottish novelist and poet Robert
Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). The story is told by a young
boy,
Jim Hawkins, who lives with his
mother in an inn in
England. Hawkins discovers a
secret treasure map belonging to a lodger at the inn. When a
band of sinister men try to
obtain the map Hawkins outwits them and secures the map and with two friends
sets sail for Treasure Island to find the treasure. Among the
ship's
crew is the notorious one-legged pirate
Long John Silver who, along with his men, is after the treasure for himself.
Long John Silver with his
crew plot to seize the
ship, kill the
party and get the treasure. However, Hawkins hears their mutinous
plot and, after a
series of thrilling adventures and fights, foils their plan and secures the treasure. Treasure Island was Stevenson's first and most famous
novel.
the name of the island with buried treasure in the book Treasure Island, written by Robert
Louis Stevenson in 1883. See also
Long John Silver in this glossary.