Got a little Captain in you? Well, Sir Henry Morgan was a real pirate, a Welsh one at that, and a major pain-in-the-butt for Spain. As conquistadors looted Central America and Peru, tons of gold, silver and jewels were amassed in coastal warehouses before being the trip to Spain. Privateers like Morgan attacked these ports, wreaking havoc. In 1643, he plundered Trujillo (Honduras); in 1665, he leveled Grenada (Nicaragua); in 1668, he destroyed Portobelo (Panama); and, in 1672, he marched overland to sack Panama Viejo. Located far from the Caribbean and on a massive inland lake, Grenada was a tough one; Morgan had to sail his fleet up the Rio San Juan and cross Lake Nicaragua.Knighted in 1674, the admiral retired to the debauchery of Port Royal, Jamaica, and died in 1688, a very wealthy man.
