Sir Henry Morgan Born January 24,1635 in Llanrumney United kingdom was an individual who lived quite a full life with numerous stories and adventures to exist in history. From small beginnings as a privateer for the Welsh then later on in his career the lieutenant Governor for one of the largest islands of Caribbean Jamaica Morgan was not a stranger to exciting experiences that will overall shape the status of his life. Not too much is know about his birth parents but Herny often looked up to the brave men in his family who were active in the military. According to author David, Cordingly ''Two of his uncles were distinguished soldiers'' (Chp 4) Under the Black Flag. Both Major General Sir Thomas Morgan and Colonel Edward Morgan (who went on to become Lutenate governor of Jamacia) who lost their lives leading expeditions throughout the island country of Curacao. These men were direct influencers on how Henry Morgan would shape his lifestyle. While participatin
Its common knowledge that Pirates were fans of materialistic items. Whether its comfortable silk garments or large heavily armored warships previously owned by a corsair the if pirates wanted it they took by any means necessary with complete disregard to the laws or authority. Money in Spain ran on the reals system. With that, the Spanish gold escudo coin was first introduced in 1537 and its worth was sixteen reals and as the years progressed on its worth only doubled making it a heavily desired currency for all people. Pirates were interested in the smaller more low-risk ''pieces of eight'' which was 1/4 of a Spanish escudo coin. It was not illegal to alter money/currencies during this time. Because silvers and gold were valued by their weight instead of worth certain individuals would literally cut real into pieces making them worth much less. luckily this made the currency more acceptable to poor people or outlaws. This gave pirates an edge when it came to completing legal transactions, bribing, or trading up for better items or supplies towards the crew and ship but this method didn't last for ever.
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