
The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean
Review of The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean, by Peter Earle (St. Martin's Press '07, $25.95, 292 pages, ISBN #0-312-36142-4; index, source notes, bibliography, unillustrated)
… country in Christendom. Of all the various possessions, the Caribbean Sea, with its plethora of sugar islands, and Peru, … own strategic dilemma. Although English possessions in the Caribbean were less extensive, the government in London had … Indies authorized the first official Spanish fleet in the Caribbean for decades. Although financial difficulties …