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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction Marching with Morgan; Part I The Buccaneer; Chapter 1 First Moves; Chapter 2 The Rise of Port Royal; Chapter 3 Granada Sacked; Chapter 4 The Cartago Fiasco; Chapter 5 The Providence Affair; Chapter 6 Morgan Prepares; Chapter 7 Puerto del Príncipe Attacked; Chapter 8 A New Target; Chapter 9 The Oxford Incident; Chapter 10 Attack on Maracaibo; Chapter 11 The Gibraltar Excursion; Chapter 12 Trapped; Chapter 13 Breakout; Chapter 14 Revenge; Chapter 15 Back at Sea; Chapter 16 To Old Providence and Beyond; Chapter 17 The Battle at San Lorenzo. |
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Chapter 18 The Road to PanamaChapter 19 The Flames of Panama; Part II The Politician; Chapter 20 Prisoner of the State; Chapter 21 Toast of the Town; Chapter 22 The New Governor; Chapter 23 Loggerheads; Chapter 24 Morgan's Second Term; Chapter 25 Lord Carlisle; Chapter 26 Last Years; Legacy; Appendix I Modyford's Reasons for Granting Commissions; Appendix II The John Deane Affair and Vaughan's AccusationsAgainst Morgan; Appendix III Morgan's Defence; Appendix IV The Francis Mingham Affair; Bibliography; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. His name was Captain Sir Henry Morgan and, unlike his contemporaries, he was not hunted down and killed or captured by the authorities. Instead he was considered a hero in England and given a knighthood as well as being made governor of Jamaica. As Graham Thomas reveals in this fresh biography of this complex and intriguing character, Morgan was an exceptional military leader whose prime motivation was to amass as much wealth as he could by sacking and plundering settlements, |
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Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688.
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Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688. |
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Buccaneers -- Biography.
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Buccaneers. |
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Biographies.
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Pirates -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Pirates. |
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Great Britain. |
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Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- Biography.
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Caribbean Area. |
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 17th century.
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Naval history. |
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17th century |
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Spanish Main -- History -- 17th century.
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1600-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Naval history.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Thomas, Graham. Buccaneer King : The Story of Captain Henry Morgan. Havertown : Pen and Sword, ©2014 9781848848405 |
| ISBN |
9781473836983 (electronic book) |
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1473836980 (electronic book) |
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9781848848405 |
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