Long John Silver was quartermaster under a fictional 18th-century pirate captain created by what writer?
Captain Flint Captain J. Flint is a fictional 18th-century pirate captain who features in a number of novels, television series, and films. The original character was created by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Flint first appears in the classic adventure yarn "Treasure Island", which was first serialised in a children's magazine in 1881, and later published as a novel in 1883.
Hector Barbossa Captain Hector Barbossa is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, portrayed by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. Barbossa appears in all films of the series. Starting out as a villainous undead pirate in "" (2003), the character dies at the end of the film. However, he is revealed to have been brought back to life at the end of "" (2006), and serves as a protagonist and Pirate Lord in "" (2007), a privateer with the Royal Navy in "" (2012), and finally as the rich and influential leader of his own pirate fleet in "" (2017). Throughout the series, the character has been conceptualized as a "dark trickster" and counterpart to protagonist Jack Sparrow.