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Some randomly visiting deity; possibly LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, figured that there needed to be a love interest in the story; and that Sloth was the wrong gender and kinda ugly. One [[RealityWarper POOF]] later, and ta-dah!

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Some randomly visiting deity; possibly LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, figured that there needed to be a love interest in the story; and that Sloth was the wrong gender and kinda ugly. One [[RealityWarper POOF]] later, and ta-dah!
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* Maybe it's an in-universe error? Perhaps whoever found the ship saw all the Spanish treasure and thought it must have been a Spanish pirate because of that?
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** More or less what happen in the novelization, just without the Perkins' going to jail.
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* Or maybe Willy originally intended for the map to be delivered to a Spanish-speaking friend of his, in the aftermath of his death. It'd not only explain the language used, but also why the map and its clues would exist in the first place.



Not that they'd mention or know it in the move, if you know what I mean.

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Not that they'd mention or know it in the move, movie, if you know what I mean.



Pirates were of all nationalities... because they pretty much came from any given background. Just a seagoing bandit who joined up with like-minded cutthroats. However, pirates were very, very seldom Spanish. Spain had the wealth in the Caribbean (due to stealing it from natives), and the English, French, Dutch and Portuguese were trying to plunder it from them. But a crew of Spanish pirates was almost unheard of. Because they were given access to the rich Spanish towns to trade and to work in the Coasta Guarda as guards and pirate hunters. William is not a Spanish name, it's either English or Dutch. It's possible Willie was of that nationality and somehow ended up with a ship of spanish renegades, but it's BARELY possible and certainly not plausible.

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Pirates were of all nationalities... because they pretty much came from any given background. Just a seagoing bandit who joined up with like-minded cutthroats. However, pirates were very, very seldom Spanish. Spain had the wealth in the Caribbean (due to stealing it from natives), and the English, French, Dutch and Portuguese were trying to plunder it from them. But a crew of Spanish pirates was almost unheard of. Because they were given access to the rich Spanish towns to trade and to work in the Coasta Guarda as guards and pirate hunters. William is not a Spanish name, it's either English or Dutch. It's possible Willie was of that nationality and somehow ended up with a ship of spanish Spanish renegades, but it's BARELY possible and certainly not plausible.



* The Coast Guard is called in to track down the Inferno, and eventually is guided back to the shore of Astoria, where – after its condition is assessed – is restored into a tourist attraction.
* The bounty on the Inferno is taken by federal officials for an accounting, and the final amount is staggering: hundreds of millions of dollars ... all going to the trust of the Walsh family. The Walshes do keep a fraction of it, but the rest of it goes to preservation of their neighborhood and restoration of the Inferno.

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* The Coast Guard is called in to track down the Inferno, ''Inferno'', and eventually is guided back to the shore of Astoria, where – after its condition is assessed – is restored into a tourist attraction.
* The bounty on the Inferno ''Inferno'' is taken by federal officials for an accounting, and the final amount is staggering: hundreds of millions of dollars ... all going to the trust of the Walsh family. The Walshes do keep a fraction of it, but the rest of it goes to preservation of their neighborhood and restoration of the Inferno.



* The Walshes (much in the tradition of George Bailey in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'') eventually become philanthropists and, as well as being curators of the Inferno historic attraction, help Astoria become a major tourist attraction and one of the wealthiest cities its size. They help residents who are in need, establish scholarships for students in need and make life better in general for all of Astoria. And while the country club remains open for those who love the game of golf, the Walshes are able to find a legal way to expand without displacing anyone and make it a greater place than it ever would have been under Perkins.

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* The Walshes (much in the tradition of George Bailey in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'') eventually become philanthropists and, as well as being curators of the Inferno ''Inferno'' historic attraction, help Astoria become a major tourist attraction and one of the wealthiest cities its size. They help residents who are in need, establish scholarships for students in need and make life better in general for all of Astoria. And while the country club remains open for those who love the game of golf, the Walshes are able to find a legal way to expand without displacing anyone and make it a greater place than it ever would have been under Perkins.

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