Pirate Henry Morgan poster 35cm x50cm

PANAMA AND THE PIRATES
He was the greatest of the freebooters. He was born in Glamorgan, in south-west Wales, around 1635 to a family of Welsh landowners…

PANAMA AND THE PIRATES

He was the greatest of the freebooters. He was born in Glamorgan, in south-west Wales, around 1635 to a family of Welsh landowners…
http://corsarisdenia.blogspot.com/2009/03/morgan-henry.html
Aboard his flagship “Satisfaction,” Welsh pirate Henry Morgan attacked the first colony founded by the Spanish in Panama, the area now known as Panama Viejo. For several days, Morgan plundered the main points of the city, spreading panic in the region. Panama, one of the most important cities of the Spanish empire at that time.

http://www.taringa.net/post/offtopic/11861388/Las-aventuras-del-pirata-Morgan-en-Panama.html

Panama City was used as a transit point for all goods and people going to Spain and coming from South America. In addition, it was a transit point, especially for precious metals, hence its importance with other countries.

http://evaluador.forumdeperiodistas.org/uploads/2013/mellibethgonzalez/historia.html

Faced with the threat, legend has it that a local friar had the absurd idea of ​​protecting the golden altar of the Church of San José by painting it completely black, to convince looters that it was a worthless object.
The friar managed to fool the pirate by applying a mixture of white lead (silver oxide) to give the altar a blackened appearance.

http://vidayestilo.terra.com.co/turismo/turismo-de-negocios/ciudad-de-panama/el-altar-de-oro-de-la-iglesia-de-san-jose-de-panama,7fd411c451dd1410VgnVCM4000009bcceb0aRCRD.html