Israel Hands, also known as Basilica Hands,[1] was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. His name serves as the basis for the name of the villainous sidekick in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.
^Philip Gosse (1924). The Pirates' Who's Who: Giving Particulars of the Lives & Deaths of the Pirates & Buccaneers. Burt Franklin. p. 153.
IsraelHands, also known as Basilica Hands, was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard...
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the invitation, and Teach sent over a crew to sail Adventure making IsraelHands the captain. They sailed for the Bay of Honduras, where they added another...
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major influences, and Stevenson even borrowed one character's name (IsraelHands) from a list of Blackbeard's crew which appeared in Johnson's book. The...
sides", "shiver my soul" and "shake up your timbers". Another pirate, IsraelHands, also uses the phrase at one point. Marryat and Stevenson both wrote...
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