The Caribbean Sea is central to Edward Kenway's pirate adventures in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
The game is primarily set in the West Indies during the early eighteenth century, a period often called the Golden Age of Piracy. Edward Kenway, a Welsh privateer who becomes a pirate and later an Assassin, travels between islands and coastal settlements aboard his ship, the Jackdaw.
Major locations include Havana, Kingston, and Nassau, each reflecting a different colonial and political environment. The game combines fictional characters with historical pirates including Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. The Caribbean setting is broader than a single modern country or island; it encompasses a large sea region bordered by Central America, northern South America, and the Antilles. That geography explains why naval travel and ship combat are so important to the game's structure.