Surviving on Leather (Really)

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So the idea to do this video originally came to me from Maritime archaeologist
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and historian Joel Cook over at Rogue history a PBS origin show show that uncovers the pirate history thatyou were never told,
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and as they cover pirates I figure why not look at one of the most infamous pirates
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in history Sir Henry Morgan.
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Though most people today probably know him better as Captain Morgan, spokesman for spiced rum.
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Now for most of his career Morgan was actually not a pirate but a privateer
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which is just a pirate with papers. The English government officially sanctioning all of his piratical attacks on the Spanish
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whenever the two kingdoms were at war with each other,
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but there was a time when the two kingdoms were not at war with each other and yet Henry Morgan attacked the Spanish City of Panama
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though it's also possible that he just hadn't heard that there. had been a peace treaty signed.