Empire of blue water
Subtitle: Henry Morgan and the pirates who ruled the Caribbean waves
By: Stephan Talty
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Three Rivers Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780743275392
Subjects: Pirates; History; Buccaneers; Biography; Governors; Biography Jamaica
Description: Chronicles the real-life adventures of Welsh pirate Henry Morgan and his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English, from his attacks on Spanish merchant ships to his final assault on Panama that ended Spanish domination of the New World.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: The lost city; title: "I offer a new world"; title: The tomb at the Escorial; title: Morgan; title: Into the past; title: Sodom; title: The art of cruelty; title: Portobelo; title: Rich and wicked; title: An amateur English theatrical; title: Black clouds to the east; title: The isthmus; title: City of fire; title: Aftermath; title: Apocalypse.