Lifestyle Glitz - September Tranquility 2016

Henry Morgan may be the best of all the pirates known from the buccaneering period. He supposedly
ordered his cohorts to lock citizens of Puerto Principe (Cuba) within the confines of a
church while they plundered the town without hindrances of any sort. Then he went on to capture
Porto Bello (Panama) by using priests, mayors, and women as a human shield. He led
several other brutal raids against two more towns in Panama and Venezuela. In 1672, his arrest
changed his life and he served the acting governor of Jamaica in 1678, and then between
1680 and 1682. The irony in his life was that the Jamaican government passed an anti-piracy
law and Morgan actually assisted in the prosecution of pirates.
C A P T A I N K I D D
Captain Kidd was a Scottish sailor. His full
name was Captain William Kidd, and he
was one of the most respected privateers
that sailed in 1696 to hunt pirated who
troubled and occupied the Indian Ocean.
However, he later turned into a pirate himself
and started capturing vessels like the
Quedagh Merchant. He also killed a subordinate
with the aid of a wooden bucket,
which earned him a fierce reputation. At
some time on his way home, he stopped at
New York’s Gardiners Island to bury treasure.
At this time, a massive abandonment
by his crew left him crippled with only a few
companions. He had an encounter with the British East India Company and they arrested him,
taking him back to England. There, they executed him and left his decaying body to hang at
the banks of River Thames to serve as a notice to other pirates. The London Gazette reported
this.
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