Jim Hawkins is a boy who along with his parents works in the inn of Admiral Benbow. One day, the pirate Billy Bones, whose only possession is an old chest, appears in the inn. The inn is visited by a blind sailor the same night that Jim's father dies. The blind man threatens Bones by telling him that later he and his minions will attack him to retrieve the chest. Bones dies of apoplexy, product of his addiction to rum. Jim and his mother steal the chest containing the treasure map. This theft will give rise to a series of adventures, in which Jim confronts with sailors, pirates and several dangers to find the coveted treasure.