“ Queen of the Caribbean” ( Italian: La regina dei Caraibi) - an adventure novel from the cycle “Antilles Pirates” by the Italian writer Emilio Salgari , published for the first time in 1901.
| Queen of the Caribbean | |
|---|---|
| La regina dei caraibi | |
| Genre | adventure novel |
| Author | Emilio Salgari |
| Original language | Italian |
| Date of writing | 1901 |
| Date of first publication | |
| Publishing house | Donath |
| Cycle | |
| Previous | Black corsair |
| Following | Yolanda, daughter of the Black Corsair |
Story
After the Duke Van Gould escaped from Gibraltar, the Black Corsair with the pirates Carmo, Van Stilerr and Moko set off to look for him. In Puerto Principe, he learns that the Duke went to the city of Veracruz . Spanish soldiers besiege him in the house where manager Van Gould lived. Young Indian Yara helps the corsairs, but the Spaniards injure the Black Corsair. At the same time, two Spanish frigates attack the ship of the Black corsair “Lightning”.
The black corsair breaks out of the trap and goes to Veracruz, which he takes by storm. Duke Van Gould managed to escape to Florida . The black corsair was captured by the Spaniards. Morgan , the assistant of the Corsair, goes after them, takes the ship with the Black Corsair to board , and together they sail for the frigate Van Gould. The duke dies by blowing up a powder warehouse. The Black Corsair is washed off overboard, and he with three pirates wanders through the swamps of Florida until they are caught by the Indians.
However, Onorata Van Gould was also thrown to these shores after a shipwreck, and because of her beauty she became the queen of the Indians. She forgives Corsair for the death of her father, they get married and sail to Europe .
Translations into Russian
- Emilio Salgari. Queen of the Caribbean / translation by N. Vereshchagin. - Works in 3 volumes. - M .: Terra, 1996. - T. 3: Queen of the Caribbean. Maritime stories of boatswain Katram. - 320 p. - (Large library of adventure and science fiction). - ISBN 5-300-00470-7 .