Henry Morgan

... largest barrier reef in the world and we're really excited to discover the incredible sea life right outside our resort called the Henry Morgan. We totally fell in love with the exotic, colorful, cottage feel to it and decided to ditch the 5 star resort ...

Nous avons profité d'une journée dans un autre resort du Henry Morgan afin de jouir d'une plage plus grande, plus belle et avec beaucoup plus de ...

Henry Morgan pillaged this city so many times he finally chased the people out of this city, and most of the re-settled where Ocotal now ...

... the first European city on the Pacific and was built about 500 years ago. Unfortunately for the inhabitants a hundred years later Caprtain Henry Morgan turned with 1200 priates and ransacked the place. They set fire to what remained and the place was left ...

... not long after Balboa first saw the Pacific Ocean.  The city was ransacked and destroyed in 1671 by the English pirate, Sir Henry Morgan (I know some of you have sampled Morgan´s Spiced Rum - the pirate is one and the same).  Three years ...

... and the numerous churches in the area; the most famous of all is the Iglesia de San Jose which contains a golden altar that Henry Morgan came to Panama to steal. Upon hearing this, a priest painted the altar black before the pirates arrived and managed ...

... , closer to the city center, to visit another historical site called Casco Viejo. Casco Viejo was a new city center after Henry Morgan destroyed Panama Viejo. Over the time even this neighborhood deteriorated and turned into urban slum. If you walk around ...

... expeditions against the Spanish, is reputedly buried at sea near here in a lead coffin - what a find that would be! Captain Henry Morgan another English privateer attacked Portobello in 1668. He led a large fleet of 450 men against the town, which, in ...

... Golden Altar. There is a story behind this church. It used to be located 8km to the east. That is untlil 1871, when Henry Morgan, the Welsh pirate AKA Blackbeard  , with 1200 fellow pirates and sacked the original city of Panama. The story goes that ...

... we'll talk about tomorrow) by an enterprising priest. According to the story, on hearing the town was to be overrun by Henry Morgan and his 1200 pirates, the priest quickly painted the ornate gold altar with black paint. Then, when Morgan came ...

... was one involving a church in the area, which is said to have been the home of a Golden Altar. When the pirate Captain Henry Morgan came to Panama City, pillaging and ransacking the area, he came to the priest of this church demanding the golden altar. ...

... at the end of the 16th century. It does have a nice small harbor that could be defended against attackers but that didn't stop Captain Henry Morgan (of later fame as a rum maker I guess) from burning the place down some time in the 17th century and some ...

... along the way. In 1671, the original city was destroyed and burnt down as a result of an attack by English Pirate Henry Morgan (Captain Morgan Eh?). The city was rebuilt two years later in what is known today as Casco Viejo. The cosmopolitan business area ...

... most of which had been bought at auction. The highlight of the maritime memorabilia  was a giant mahogany bust of Henry Morgan (AKA the Pirate Captain Morgan) who marauded the Carribean seas taking whatever he wanted. The bust is situated above the ...

... Utila a siren. Their odyssey would find them in the Caribbean Caye of Pigeon southwest off the island renowned for Captain Henry Morgan and his pirate hoard. Azure waters teeming with the life aquatic, dark-skinned inhabitants of Caymanian tongue zipping ...

... nbsp; This overland route attracted plenty of interest from pirates, and the city was heavily fortified against sea attack.  But Henry Morgan sacked it in1671 anyway. He came overland and left with 70 mules laden with silver. After that they moved ...

... Panama Viejo. This is the part of town that was the original city way back when. The city was looted and destroyed when Captain Henry Morgan discovered how much gold the city had. The most impressive part of the ruins is the cathedral. It is over 3 ...

... I headed out for Panamá Viejo, Old Panama, the place where Panama City lay before it was burnt down by the famous pirate Henry Morgan and it was moved to Casco Viejo. Today many of these original buildings remain and can be seen as ruins, including the ...

... the canal and in the following few days, I visited Casco Viejo, Panama Viejo - Panama City`s original location before pirate Henry Morgan burned it down - and also National park Metropolitano. This entry is just to separate these pix from the Canal ...