The A&E miniseries based on Forester's novels of Horatio Hornblower, following his career from a reticent midshipman to a self-assured and courageous officer.

Young Jim Hawkins works on the ship known as the Hispaniola. Posing as a cook, one-legged Long John Silver joins the crew seeking to steal the treasure and ship.

A yound English boy, Jim Hawkins, discovers a treasure map in the papers of an old sea dog at his mother's inn. He is joined by Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey, who outfit a ship to search for the treasure. Unknowingly they join a pirate crew, led by Long John Silver, sailing to recover the treasure on a tropical island. The pirates try to thwart their plans and the situation becomes very dangerous, but in the end Jim and his friends are triumphant....