Capn_Enigma

Well, it was played by pirates! And BTW: Your exclamation mark key is stuck.

I was surprised that nobody has mentioned "Thaxx" yet. It literally is a board game, as it comes with a real wooden piece of oak plank. It is played by two players, easy to learn and good fun. Read more about it here.

Here it is:

One can only speculate that Morgan was less than amused. If you mean with "unedited" a literal English translation of the Dutch original, then you should look here. I had a copy of this paperback edition re- bound in leather to look period.

A week ago I wrote the following on the libel suit:

Sorry, same answer: Heavy canvas.

Ship's canvas. After all, there was an abundance of sailcloth stolen from enemy ships.

Wow! A PG-13 movie for a four year old. Now that's rich!

Well put, Christine!

Not really. This is the age old stratagem of "divide et impera", divide and conquer. First break one enemy (preferably a weaker ally of your fiercest enemy), thereafter crush your main opponent when he is off- balance. With Modyford already out of the way, Lynch finally made his move in 1683, simultaneously with the English edition of Exquemelin's "American Buccaneers", because he knew that the book would do harm to Morgan's reputation. And he was right, Morgan was suspended (1683) from the Jamaican council. Morgan sank into a continuous drunken stupor until his death in 1688.

That's your prerogative. But then, on the other hand, this whole discussion is pointless. I liked the movie, and I will soon see it for an encore, which is something I very rarely do.

Do you listen to yourself? You really want a rational explanation how a formerly undead pirate -> living pirate -> very dead pirate comes back to life again??!?

I am glad that we seem to agree that Cordingly's work is "most authoritative and definitive". And FYI: I have been to Jamaica not as a tourist, but as a sailor.

I have been to Jamaica, thank you, and I have said things like that and most people there agreed wholeheartedly. He is considered so great a "hero" by the good people of Jamaica that a guy called Bob Marley (perchance you heard of him?) has immortalized him in the song "You Can't Blame the Youth": In Jamaica, the very name "Henry Morgan" is synonymous with scoundrel, crook and exploiter, especially with the patois- speaking population.

What's the motto supposed to mean? (I have some kind of inkling, but I'd rather have it confirmed.)

Very well, let's talk facts: Modyford was not in the position to issue such a document to Morgan in the first place. Bribed and coerced by Morgan and incited by the prospect of a generous share in the spoils (Morgan always knew how to please those who were useful to him), Modyford granted Morgan the admiral title and the totally illegal documents that led to the Porto Bello and Panama raids, thereby exceeding his authority by far. It is a historical irony, that in those documents, Modyford even suggested that Morgan stop torturing his victims. Unfortunately for Modyford, his patron, to whom he also owed his governorship, George Monck, the Duke of Albemarle, had died in 1670, and, as somebody had to be blamed for the Panama raid, Modyford took the fall and was imprisoned in the Tower for two years. Calling numerous historians (Cordingly among them) who differ from your view "revisionist" is a bit cheap, isn't it? Concerning the libel suit, please read my post on this in a different thread. After the whole thing had cooled off, Modyford was reinstated as chief justice of Jamaica, having never been tried. Henry Morgan was certainly not what Drake had been: A gentlemanly "privateer of the crown". He was a buccaneer and a pirate. He is to be admired for his military expertise, cunning, leadership and success, but to depict him as a "noble hero" for England is just like pouring perfume over a pig.

And ecactly therein lies the "secret" of Morgan. He bought patrons in high places who protected him against the (entirely justified) charges. After all, he did attack Spanish possessions and committed atrocities in peacetime. His excuse "I had not heard that a state of peace existed betweeen Englad and Spain when I attacked Panama" is ridiculous at best. If Morgan was so innocent, then why was Modyford, his accomplice in crime, arrested after having confessed to having received 1,000 pounds p.a. in pirate bribes (Moran being among them)? The answer is a simple one: Modyford was unable to bribe important persons, and, after all, somebody had to take the fall for the Panama raid. The only reason Morgan is whitewashed even today, is that a

Now thanks a lot, there's an image that's gonna haunt me for a looong time: Me standing on deck watching a kilt- wearing crewman aloft leaning over the yardarm, when, suddenly, the wind...

Enigma wants a cracker! Squaawk!

If you googled for "quill writting", I bet you had a hard time.

If that be the case, please allow me to ask a simple question. Why is it that the 1$ bill in the United States is adorned with the image of a criminal?

I was more thinking in the directions of Vishnu, but you got the general idea!

I love Star Trek, but this was just... uggh!

You are only a "terrorist" if you lose. If you win, you get promoted to "patriot".

Historical medical instruments can be had here. Amputation saws, forceps, bullet probes, extractor, it's all there for the discriminating MD. Happy cutting!