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Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping ports on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as they did so.
Henry Morgan (born Henry Lerner von Ost Jr.; March 31, 1915 – May 19, 1994) was an American humorist. He first became familiar to radio audiences in the 1930s and 1940s as a barbed but often self-deprecating satirist.
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose television and film career spanned six decades.
Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who plundered Spain’s Caribbean colonies during the late 17th century. Operating with the unofficial support of the English government, he undermined Spanish authority in the West Indies.
Oct 25, 2021 · Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) was a Welsh privateer who operated in the Caribbean against the Spanish Empire and then became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
Jun 5, 2019 · Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635–August 25, 1688) was a Welsh privateer who fought for the English against the Spanish in the Caribbean during the 1660s and 1670s. He is remembered as the greatest of the privateers, amassing huge fleets, attacking prominent targets, and being the worst enemy of the Spanish since Sir Francis Drake.
Jun 12, 2006 · Henry Morgan’s success and prestige as a pirate leader was such that, the next time he called for recruits, lo less than 2,000 men in 37 ships turned out. They rendezvoused at Tortuga on October 24, 1670, and learned that the target this time was to be the city of Panama itself.
Sir Henry Morgan (Hari Morgan in Welsh), (ca. 1635 – August 25, 1688) was a Welsh privateer, who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers. He considered himself a patriot to his home country, England .
Mar 17, 2017 · Sir Admiral Henry Morgan was an English privateer during the 1600s who famously sacked several Spanish cities and is best known for his capture of Panama in 1671.
Jun 16, 2024 · Welsh privateer whose early life was obscure until he emerged as the leader of a band of buccaneers at Jamaica in 1662. In 1671 he captured Porto Bello and Panama, after leading a band of buccaneers, which included Bartholomew Sharp, in the first land crossing of the Isthmus of Panama in force.
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