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Captain Morgan is a brand of flavored rums (including, in Europe, some rum-flavored "premium spirit drinks") produced by British alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean , Sir Henry Morgan .
Morgan then added an addition to his demands - ordering the citizens to plead to Alonso to allow the Privateers to leave unmolested. Despite some protests an elected citizen went to and gave Morgan's demand to Alonso. The Spaniard reacted furiously to Morgan's demand and refused. Morgan thus came up with a plan to escape under the forts guns. [41]
Rafael Sabatini's 1922 novel Captain Blood is based in large part on Morgan's career. Sir Henry Morgan ( c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh pirate , privateer and buccaneer . He made himself famous during activities in the Caribbean, primarily raiding Spanish settlements.
Outside the city, Morgan's privateer army routed a force of Spanish militia at the Battle of Mata Asnillos. [10] They subsequently swept in capturing the city, which then led to it being sacked, plundered and burned. Morgan's privateer army subsequently raided the entire area including the offshore islands in the Gulf of Panama. Although the ...
John Morris (fl. 1663–1672, last name occasionally "Morrice") was an English buccaneer active in the Caribbean during the 1660s and early-1670s. His son, John Morris the Younger, held a command of his own ship during his father's later expeditions against Portobelo and Maracaibo.
Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh [1] 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.
Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan, having led his Riflemen in this victory, is shown in white, right of center. Morgan's Riflemen or Morgan's Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan in the American Revolutionary War, which served a vital role executing his tasks because ...
The Captain is to have two full Shares; the Quartermaster is to have one Share and one Half; The Doctor, Mate, Gunner and Boatswain, one Share and one Quarter. II. He that shall be found guilty of taking up any Unlawful Weapon on Board the Privateer or any other prize by us taken, so as to Strike or Abuse one another in any regard, shall suffer ...