Today in 1671, the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan leads a buccaneer army against the city of Panama. The Spanish defenders burn the town rather than see it plundered. Although Morgan is arrested by English authorities to appease Madrid, he receives a hero’s welcome in London.
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