When James Bond is reviewing his equipment for his undersea trek to the Isle of Surprise in Live and Let Die, he inventories it as follows: There was a new and powerful Champion harpoon gun and a commando dagger of the type devised by Wilkinsons during the war. Finally, in a box covered with danger-labels, … Read more
After arriving in Jamaica in Live and Let Die, James Bond and companion Quarrel drive to the Western end of the island for a week of training before Bond is to make his undersea trek to the Isle of Surprise. There is some confusion here, as Ian Fleming again took some creative licence with the … Read more
From chapter 16 of Live and Let Die: It had always been rumoured that there was treasure on the Isle of Surprise and everything that was known about Bloody Morgan supported the rumour. The tiny island lay in the exact centre of Shark Bay, a small harbour that lies at the end of the Junction … Read more
Gandy Bridge is a six-mile bridge connecting Tampa with St Petersburg. James Bond drives across the bridge from St Petersburg to Tampa after his second meeting with The Robber in Live and Let Die. The original bridge was constructed in 1924 and this was the one on which Bond traveled. Three years after the novel … Read more
In Live and Let Die, James Bond and Felix Leiter make their Florida headquarters on Treasure Island, at a place called The Everglades. Treasure Island is next to St. Petersburg, and has been a popular beach area for many years. Bond describes how he and Solitaire arrived there: they were checked at the intersection of … Read more
From Live and Let Die when James Bond is in Florida. But Leiter had got hold of an old Cord, one of the few American cars with a personality, and it cheered Bond to climb into the low-hung saloon, to hear the solid bite of the gears and the masculine tone of the wide exhaust. … Read more
James Bond briefly visits the city of Jacksonville in Live and Let Die, when he and Solitaire hop off the Silver Phantom train to avoid Mr Big’s men. The station they would’ve entered at that time would’ve been the Union Terminal, which at one time was the largest railroad station in the south. The platform … Read more
This American brand of cigarette pops up throughout the Bond novels. In Casino Royale, it is the brand that American agent Felix Leiter is smoking. As they get together for their first drink. Leiter shook at Chesterfield out of his pack. ‘I’m glad to be working with you on this job,’ he said, looking into … Read more
This was the train taken by James Bond and Solitaire on their trip from New York City to Florida in Live and Let Die. Seaboard Air Line Railroad introduced the train and route in 1939, and now under Amtrak, continues to run to this very day. Fleming refers to it as the Silver Phantom, which … Read more
The original Penn Station was built in 1910 and was destroyed in 1963 to make room for the new Madison Square Garden. In Live and Let Die, it is the setting for Bond and Solitaire’s exit from New York via The Silver Phantom. After Bond is dropped off at the drive-in by his cab, Bond … Read more