Sir Henry Morgan & his capture of Panama

   

     After the death of Sir Harry Morgan, a captain named Sir Henry Morgan was titled of the Jamaican fleet under the Spanish Rule in the late 1600's. In 1671 Morgan performed an attack in Panama from where he consulted and sacked the area. Morgan and the privateers had specific targets and those targets where mainly the largest rural areas of the country.



    "Morgan had learned that the forts which defended the town from the sea were poorly manned, and he calculated that a surprise attack from the landward side would overwhelm them." One of the two targets in Panama were cities called Cartagena and Veracruz but at the end they decided on Panama itself. The planning to sack the place was not easy at all. There were several many obstacles the privateers had to encounter. The city was on the Pacific side which meant that they had to cross in order to attack.



   In July 1668 Morgan performed his attack in Bay of Boca del Tora with a fleet of small ships in the total of twelve. He attacked a total of 500 men in 23 canoes which was commanded in Cuba. The first task was for them to capture the lookout post of the town. Morgan and the crew had a large amount of attacks throughout the whole era.





Citations:
http://www.historynet.com/henry-morgan-the-pirate-who-invaded-panama-in-1671.htm
Under The Black Flag
http://todayinbritishhistory.com/2014/01/henry-morgan-sack-of-panama-city-28-january-1671/
http://www.archaeology.org/issues/79-1303/features/543-pirates-henry-morgan-panama-city-raid