Spanish Main
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During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Main comprised the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of
A Bermuda sloop on the Spanish Main, circa 1807
Henry Morgan
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Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner and, later, the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shi
Spanish Main
…1586; the capture of a Spanish treasure fleet sailing from Mexico by the Dutch West India Company in 1628; the capture of Chagres and Panama City by Henry Morgan in 1670–71; and the Raid on Cartagena by the French in 1697. Pirates operating in the area included the Dutchman Laurens de Graaf, who raided Veracruz…
Morgan from Piratas de la America (1681) by Alexandre Exquemelin
Sir Christopher Myngs, under whom Morgan served
Puerto del Príncipe being sacked in 1668
Morgan's attack on the Castillo de San Jerónimo, Porto Bello