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Henry Morgan

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Noun1.Henry MorganHenry Morgan - a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)


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Dill's selection of mariner lore offers history as well as anecdotes about famous sailors, from John Paul Jones and Herman Melville's Captain Ahab to pirate Henry Morgan and Captain William Dampier, who circumnavigated the globe.
We are here today on board PS [Pirate Ship] Radical Element, flagship of the pirate fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan and Captain Bartholomew Roberts, two of the scurviest scoundrels ever to sail the seven seas.
The fortress came under repealed attacks from legendary pirates Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, prompting the Spanish government to seek safer sea routes in the late 17th century.
 
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