Pirates of the Caribbean is set in a historical setting that did not actually exist.
The Caribbean ( KARR-ib-EE-n, k-RIB-ee-n, locally  KARR-ib-ee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Carabes; Haitian Creole: Karayib; Dutch: de Caraben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts
Physiographically, the Caribbean region is mainly a chain of islands surrounding the Caribbean Sea

