<P> Twelve - year - old Henry Turner boards the Flying Dutchman and informs his father, Will Turner, that the curse which binds Will to the Dutchman and only permits him to step on land once a decade can be broken by the Trident of Poseidon . Henry intends to recruit Captain Jack Sparrow to help find it, but Will believes this is impossible and orders Henry to leave . Will and the Dutchman then disappear into the sea, but Henry vows to find Jack and the Trident . </P> <P> Nine years later, Henry is a sailor in the British Royal Navy . The ship sails into the supernatural Devil's Triangle and stumbles upon the wreck of the Silent Mary, whose ghostly crew led by Spanish pirate - hunter Captain Salazar attack . Salazar spares Henry's life to deliver a message to Jack: Salazar is coming for him . </P> <P> In Saint Martin, a young astronomer and horologist named Carina Smyth is sentenced to death for witchcraft but escapes and briefly crosses paths with Jack as he and his crew spectacularly blunder a bank robbery . Having suffered years of such bad luck, Jack's crew lose faith and abandon him . Depressed, Jack trades his magical compass for a drink . However, this betrayal of the compass frees Salazar and his crew from the Devil's Triangle . Carina learns Henry is looking for the Trident's location and offers to help him using her unknown father's diary . Carina and Jack are captured and face execution, but are saved by Henry and Jack's crew, setting sail on the Dying Gull . Carina deciphers clues that the stars will lead to an island where the Trident is hidden . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Captain Barbossa hears from his pirate crew that the revived Captain Salazar has killed several pirates at sea, and learns that the Trident could lead him to a new "treasure". Barbossa sets off to find the Trident, until Salazar and his crew appear and destroy Barbossa's fleet . Barbossa manages to talk his way out of being killed by offering to help find Jack . Salazar agrees, wanting revenge on the pirate that caused his demise . Salazar pursues the Dying Gull, forcing Jack, Henry, and Carina to flee to an island, discovering that Salazar's crew cannot go on land . After saving Jack from a forced marriage, Barbossa allies himself with Jack, returning his compass and restoring the miniaturized Black Pearl, trapped in a bottle by Blackbeard, to its original size . They all continue their journey to the Trident's island, with Barbossa taking command of the Pearl once more . During the voyage, Jack and Barbossa realize Carina is the latter's long - lost daughter . Barbossa tells Jack that he had left her at an orphanage with his diary so she could live a better life, and refuses to tell her the truth so she will continue to believe her father was an astronomer . </P>

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