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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.
The Battle of Ocho Rios also known as Battle of Las Chorreras was a military action which took place on the island of Jamaica on 30 October 1657 where a Spanish force under Cristóbal Arnaldo Isasi hoping to take back the island was defeated by the English occupying force under the Governor Edward D'Oyley. [1]
The Invasion of Jamaica took place in May 1655, during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to acquire new colonies in the Americas, known as the Western Design .
The Firefly Estate, located 10 km (6 mi) east of Oracabessa, Jamaica, was the Caribbean home of Sir Noël Coward and is the site of his grave. It is now listed as a National Heritage Site by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust . [ 1 ]
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Peter Beckford was born in London c. 1643.His father was also named Peter Beckford and was from Maidenhead; one of Beckford's uncles was Sir Thomas Beckford, who served as the sheriff of London, while another was Richard Beckford, a sea captain who was engaged in trade with the English colony of Jamaica from 1659 onwards.
Morgan however managed to ambush and repel Bracamonte's Spanish counter attack forcing him to deliver the ransom. Having achieved this, Morgan and the Privateers left Porto Bello intact as promised and went back to Jamaica unhindered. The attack was highly successful and garnered some 100,000 pieces of eight as well as other valuable booty.
The following day they set sail, and by days end his flotilla saw the Spanish ships anchored across the channel. Morgan decided to anchor given the coming darkness. [19] Morgan destroys the Spanish Armada de Barlovento on Lake Maracaibo - 29 April 1669. On the early morning of 1 May, Morgan raised anchor and then sailed towards the Spanish ...