Treasure Island (disambiguation)
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Treasure Island
is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.
Treasure Island may also refer to:
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Fiji
Singapore
Tonga
United Kingdom
United States
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the...
is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.
Treasure Island may also refer to:
Film
- Treasure Island (1920 film)Treasure Island (1920 film)Treasure Island is a 1920 silent film adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and released by Paramount Pictures...
, featuring Shirley Mason - Treasure Island (1934 film)Treasure Island (1934 film)Treasure Island is a 1934 movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and...
, starring Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery - Treasure Island (1950 film)Treasure Island (1950 film)Treasure Island is a 1950 Disney adventure film, adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It starred Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins, and Robert Newton as Long John Silver...
, Disney film starring Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton - Treasure Island (1972 film)Treasure Island (1972 film)Treasure Island is a 1972 film starring Orson Welles as Long John Silver that is based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson....
, film starring Orson Welles - Treasure Island (1972 animated film)Treasure Island (1972 animated film)Treasure Island is a 1972 animated feature film produced by Filmation and released by Warner Bros. in 1972 . In this adaptation, Jim Hawkins travels with sidekick Hiccup the Mouse.In 1980, the movie was broadcast on NBC....
, released by Filmation - Treasure Island (1985 film)Treasure Island (1985 film)Treasure Island is a 1985 Chilean-French adventure film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Melvil Poupaud - Jim Hawkins* Martin Landau - Old Captain...
, Chilean-French film - Treasure Island (1988 film), Soviet animated musical film released by Kievnauchfilm
- Treasure Island (1990 film)Treasure Island (1990 film)Treasure Island is a 1990 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island. It was filmed in 1989 on location in Cornwall, England, and in Jamaica, and also at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England....
, with Christian Bale and Charlton Heston - Muppet Treasure IslandMuppet Treasure IslandMuppet Treasure Island is a 1996 American musical film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. It is the fifth feature film to star The Muppets and was directed by Jim Henson's son Brian Henson....
, a 1996 adaptation featuring The MuppetsThe MuppetsThe Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson starting in 1954–55. Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference...
. - Treasure Island (1999 film)Treasure Island (1999 film)Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It was directed by Peter Rowe, and starred Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver in his final film appearance....
, featuring Kevin Zegers and Jack Palance - Treasure PlanetTreasure PlanetTreasure Planet is a 2002 animated science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002...
, an animated scifi filmScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
based on the book
Television
- Treasure Island (1977 television series)Treasure Island (1977 television series)Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London....
, a British production - Takarajima (1978 Japanese television series).
- Treasure Island (show)Treasure Island (show)Treasure Island is a popular reality television game show produced in New Zealand by Eyeworks Touchdown as well as in Ireland and Australia. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island and compete for a cash prize...
, 1997-present, a New Zealand, Irish, and Australian reality television programme - The Legends of Treasure IslandThe Legends of Treasure IslandThe Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes....
, a British animated series that ran for 2 series between 1993 to 1995, based on the novel.
Places
Canada- Treasure Island (Ontario), a small island on South Tea Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario
- Treasure Island, OntarioTreasure Island, OntarioTreasure Island is a notably large island in Lake Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island. As Manitoulin's largest island, it is said to be the world's largest island in a lake in an island in a lake. The island has no permanent residents living on it, but there are some cottages...
, a small island in Lake Mindemoya, Ontario, which is often cited as the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake.
China
- Treasure Island (Zhenbao IslandZhenbao IslandZhenbao Island or Damansky Island is a small island measuring . It is located on the Ussuri River on the border between Russia and the People's Republic of China ....
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Costa Rica
- Cocos IslandCocos IslandCocos Island is an uninhabited island located off the shore of Costa Rica . It constitutes the 11th district of Puntarenas Canton of the province of Puntarenas. It is one of the National Parks of Costa Rica...
, often called Treasure Island
Cuba
- Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth"), the second-largest Cuban island, at one time named Isla de Tesoros ("Treasure Island")
Fiji
- Treasure Island, Fiji, a coral island and resort that is part of the Mamanuca IslandsMamanuca IslandsThe Mamanuca Islands of Fiji are a volcanic archipelago lying to the west of Nadi and to the south of the Yasawa Islands. The group, a popular tourist destination, consists of about 20 islands, but about seven of these are covered by the Pacific Ocean at high tide.Malololailai is the centre of the...
Singapore
- Treasure Island, Singapore
Tonga
- Treasure Island, Tonga, also known as Eua'iki, a motu and resort in the Tongan Vava'u archipelago
United Kingdom
- "Treasure Island", corporate slang for the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, as many multinational companies have a higher profit margin on the products they ship there
United States
- Treasure Island (California), an island in San Francisco Bay
- Treasure Island, FloridaTreasure Island, FloridaTreasure Island is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,450. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 7,521.-Geography:...
, a city - Treasure Island (Tennessee), an island in Lake McKellar south of Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
- Reach IslandReach IslandReach Island, or Treasure Island, is an island in Case Inlet in the southern part of Puget Sound in the state of Washington, USA. The island's original name was Oak Island, but they later renamed it Reach Island due to its southern neighbor Stretch Island. It forms part of the unincorporated Mason...
, or Treasure Island, an island in the state of Washington - Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, formerly Treasure Island Resort
- Treasure Island Hotel and CasinoTreasure Island Hotel and CasinoTreasure Island Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA with 2,664 rooms and 220 suites, and is connected by tram to The Mirage as well as pedestrian bridge to the Fashion Show Mall shopping center...
in Las Vegas, Nevada - Treasure Island Scout Reservation, a former Boy Scout camp in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Osborne Island, an island in the Manasquan RiverManasquan RiverThe Manasquan River is a waterway in central New Jersey. It flows from central Monmouth County, beginning in Freehold Township, to the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties between the communities of Manasquan and Point Pleasant via the Manasquan Inlet. It widens greatly as it nears the ocean, making...
in Brielle, New JerseyBrielle, New JerseyBrielle is a Borough located in southern Monmouth County, New Jersey along the Manasquan River. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,774....
. Nicknamed by Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
on a trip to the Jersey ShoreJersey ShoreThe Jersey Shore is a term used to refer to both the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the adjacent resort and residential communities. . The New Jersey State Department of Tourism considers the Shore Region, Greater Atlantic City, and the Southern Shore to be distinct, each having...
Other uses
- Treasure Island (album)Treasure Island (album)Treasure Island is the second album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974, it features performances by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Danny Johnson....
, a 1974 record by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island (store), a defunct discount store owned by J. C. Penney
- Treasure Island (video game)Treasure Island (video game)Treasure Island was a computer game made in the mid-1980s, based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the game, the player takes on the role of Jim Hawkins , and has to battle through hordes of pirates before a final showdown with Long John Silver...
, a game made for computers such as the Commodore Plus/4 and the Commodore 64 around 1984/1985 - Treasure Island MediaTreasure Island MediaTreasure Island Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio founded in 1998 by director Paul Morris and specializing in bareback films. The studio is named after Morris's favorite childhood book, Treasure Island. In addition to the original San Francisco office, T.I.M. has production...
, a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio