Treasure Island (1950 film) country inn which they run. Captain William Bones, a sickly lodger, gives Jim a treasure map after being visited by two pirates, the second of whom gives the captain a note marked with the black spot. That same night Bones is found dead at the inn, and Jim shows Squire Trelawney the map. Trelawney recognizes the map as belonging to the buccaneer Captain Flint and bankrolls a voyage to discover the pirate's lost treasure. Trelawney hires Captain Smollett and his ship, the "Hispaniola", bringing along his friend Dr. Livesey as the ship's doctor and Jim as the cabin boy. Before
The Story of the Treasure Seekers The Story of the Treasure Seekers The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a novel by E. Nesbit. First published in 1899, it tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family; its sequels are "The Wouldbegoods" (1901) and "The New Treasure Seekers" (1904). The novel's complete name is "The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune". The original edition included illustrations by H. R. Millar. The Puffin edition