Monday, January 6, 2020

Admiral Morgan

Lore

Spanish Main

Henry Morgan was once a feared buccaneer. Sailing under letters of marque from Sir Myngs and Governor Modyford, he became wealthy by sacking Spanish Caribbean towns. Governor Lynch sent him to England to stand trial for his crimes, but instead he was knighted and made admiral of all the English fleets on the Spanish Main.

Trivia

Sir Henry Morgan (1635 - 1688) was a privateer of Welsh birth, who made his name in the Caribbean as a leader of sea pirates and buccaneers.

Later in his career he became a "pirate hunter" and the controversial "stand-in Governor" of Jamaica. Many of his critics said he was, and always would remain, a Pirate at heart, so could not be trusted.

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