<P> Tortuga is an island off the northern coast of Saint - Domingue (Haiti), out of the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy and the East India Trading Company . While it remains a free port where traders can escape the high East India tariffs, it is a dangerous one where illegal transactions are common . </P> <P> Scenes set in Tortuga were filmed in Wallilabou Bay, St. Vincent and the Grenadines . </P> <P> In the first film, Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner moor their stolen ship, the Interceptor, in Tortuga to recruit a crew . Their crew included Joshamee Gibbs, Anamaria, Cotton, and Marty . Here, Jack Sparrow also encounters Giselle and Scarlett, with whom has he had past romantic relationships . </P> <P> In Dead Man's Chest, Will goes to Tortuga to hunt for Jack Sparrow . A denizen tells Will that he saw a ship with black sails (the Black Pearl) beached on Pelegosto . Jack returns to Tortuga to try to enlist ninety - nine unsuspecting sailors to pay off his blood debt to Davy Jones . Although he falls far short of his goal, the new crew proves useful during the final confrontation with the Kraken . Jack is reunited with Elizabeth Swann while in Tortuga and also recruits the disgraced James Norrington, who resigned his commission after losing his ship in a hurricane . </P>

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