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)
… territories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the New World, making them the most powerful country in Christendom. Of all … the important Spanish possessions were poorly defended, making it difficult to determine where Morgan's men would … and The Battle for the Caribbean , by Peter Earle (St. Martin's Press '07, $25.95, 292 pages, ISBN #0-312-36142-4; …