From the novel 'Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson: Long John Silver to Hawkins on the parrot; "She's been at Madagascar, and at
Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello.
She was at the fishing up of the wrecked plate ships. It's
there she learned 'Pieces of eight,' and little wonder; three hundred and fifty thousand of 'em, Hawkins!"
"Pieces of Eight! Pieces of Eight!"
Cap'n Flint, Long John Silver's parrot.
In Robert Louis Stevenson's story Treasure Island, the one-legged pirate Long John Silver had a parrot which cried "Pieces of eight." The parrot's name was Captain Flint.
In Robert Louis Stevenson's story Treasure Island, the one-legged pirate Long John Silver had a parrot which cried "Pieces of eight." The parrot's name was Captain Flint.
pieces of eight
The parrot Captain Flint in Treasure Island kept repeating the phrase "Pieces of eight!" This phrase refers to Spanish silver coins that were commonly used in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy. The repetition of this phrase by the parrot serves as a clue to the buried treasure's location on the island.
There is no seventy-eight, but there is a Twenty-Eight Parrot (from its call) also known as Port Lincoln Parrot. It is native to SW Western Australia and parts of SA.
Pieces of Eight was created on 1978-09-01.
'Pieces of Eight, Pieces of Eight' as all the parrots say...
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"Pieces of Eight" - Styx