When he began to study alchemy, the infamous Pirate Lord Henry Morgan devised a way to live forever. The treasure of Cortés rendered those who stole from it as immortal skeletons until all the Aztec gold coins were returned and a blood debt repaid.
Right before the film's climactic battle with the pirates at Isla de Muerta, Sparrow swipes a cursed coin from the treasure chest, making himself immortal and capable of dueling Barbossa. He shoots his nemesis with the pistol he has carried for ten years just as Will breaks the curse, killing Barbossa.
Throughout the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Captain Jack Sparrow's character arc focused significantly on his search for immortality — perhaps for too long. Jack Sparrow was the kind of character that wanted to be virtually untouchable — the best pirate there had ever been.
Is the Crew of the Flying Dutchman immortal? Yes, they are immortal. They cannot be killed until released from service. Also, the more they stayed on the ship, they forgot who they were, ultimately becoming one with the ghost ship.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Captain Jack Sparrow used Will's hand to stab Davy Jones' heart. This served a dual purpose: it killed the tentacled villain and saved Will from the sword in his own heart since he would then become the new, immortal captain of Pirates of the Caribbean's Flying Dutchman.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of Immortality
Why can't Elizabeth go on the Flying Dutchman?
Bill also explained that he was unable to die and Davy Jones offered him an escape. Elizabeth was not dead nor dying, there was no reason for Will to bring her on the cursed ship.
Jones mortally wounds Will. Jack, who now possesses Jones' heart guides Will's hand to stab the heart and kill Jones. Bootstrap carves out his son's heart and places it in the Dead Man's Chest. Will becomes the Flying Dutchman's immortal captain.
However, the Pearl can outrun the Dutchman owing to a favorable wind (the Pearl being faster with the wind). Davy Jones then unleashes the Kraken on the Pearl. Despite successfully fighting the Kraken off twice, the ship still sustains heavy damage and most of her crew are killed.
There was once a real ship named the Black Pearl. It was captained by Sir Henry Morgan but sank in a battle. The fictional ship hasn't fared much better, having been sunk at least three times. But, like Jack Sparrow, the Black Pearl is notorious for being nearly impossible to destroy.
Because Will Turner became the new captain, he would now serve aboard the Flying Dutchman for all eternity, bound to ferry the souls of drowned seamen into the afterlife, as Jones had before him.
The "Jack the Monkey" card in the Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game states that he was the only member of Barbossa's crew not to put his blood on the Aztec coins, hence why he remains cursed.
He just wanted to not be dead,and controlling the heart meant Davy Jones (or the Kraken) wouldn't kill him. Stabbing the heart was mostly a backup plan. Because being immortal and living forever isn't the same thing as living forever. Jack wanted to be seen as a legend, and not tied-down to anything.
Who is the best swordsman in Pirates of the Caribbean?
Notable swordsmen/swordswomen shown to be extremely proficient in this skill include Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, James Norrington, Davy Jones, Angelica, Blackbeard, and Armando Salazar.
His most powerful curse, the Black Spot, infuses his arm in uncontrollable cursed magic, but Captain Jack Sparrow was never one to let such a thing hold him back. After all, no self-respecting swashbuckler leaves the cabin without their captain's hat, pirate coat, and…
The curse only affected anyone who specifically took the coins from the stone chest; Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann each owned a piece of the treasure that had been taken out of the chest by Bootstrap Bill Turner and were never aware of the curse.
It's mouth alone is 5 times bigger than Captain Jack, maybe bigger. We see it's true size in At World's End and in Dead Man's when William is thrown underwater. With tentacles that big, the Kraken was still only able to sink the Pearl, not break it in half. So, the Pearl is simply built different.
In real life the Flying Dutchman was a 17th century Dutch merchantman, captained by Captain Hendrick Van Der Decken, a skilled seaman but one of few scruples, and in 1680 was proceeding from Amsterdam to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.
The Flying Dutchman was a sea captain who once found himself struggling to round the Cape of Good Hope during a ferocious storm. He swore that he would succeed even if he had to sail until Judgment Day. The Devil heard his oath, and took him up on it; the Dutchman was condemned to stay at sea forever.
Maccus is the First Mate aboard the Flying Dutchman under Captain Davy Jones, and is a major antagonist in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and a supporting antagonist in its sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Apparently it doesn't take very long for barnacles to start growing on the hulls of ships, and they do have the tendency to attach to live marine animals, and he was underwater long enough. If he stopped caring, that could be why he started to look like that.
He ended up marrying his longtime love, Elizabeth Swann, conceived a son, and became the new captain of the Flying Dutchman. Years later, he was freed from his duty by his son and returned to his family.
The end credits scene just showed Elizabeth still waited for him and they had a kid. He still could only set foot on land for 1 day every 10 years that was the curse of the Dutchman. Davy jones and by extension the crew only turned into “fish people” because he stopped caring for those who died at sea.
