sack of Panama by Henry Morgan

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The sack of Panama by Henry Morgan was a 1671 pirate-led assault in which the English privateer Henry Morgan captured and plundered the Spanish city of Panama, contributing to its destruction and decline as a major colonial center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military raid ⓘ
pirate attack ⓘ
aftermath diplomatic controversy between England and Spain ⓘ
questioning of legality of Morgan’s actions under treaties ⓘ
associatedWith Spanish treasure routes ⓘ
buccaneering era in the Caribbean ⓘ
attackingForceCommander Henry Morgan ⓘ
cause English privateering against Spanish colonial wealth ⓘ
chronologicalOrder after the raid on Portobelo by Henry Morgan ⓘ
commandedBy Henry Morgan ⓘ
conflictType Anglo-Spanish colonial conflict ⓘ
privateering raid ⓘ
countryAttacked Spanish Empire ⓘ
defendingPower Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
effect decline of Panama City as a major colonial center ⓘ
increased tensions between England and Spain ⓘ
severe economic losses for the Spanish Empire ⓘ
geopoliticalContext competition for control of New World trade routes ⓘ
hasAftermathEvent rebuilding of Panama City at a different site ⓘ
hasCommanderNationality English ⓘ
hasLocation Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
Panama City ⓘ
Spanish Main ⓘ
linked to: The Spanish Main
hasMainParticipant English privateers ⓘ
Henry Morgan ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasVictimPopulation Indigenous inhabitants connected to Panama City ⓘ
Spanish colonists in Panama City ⓘ
enslaved Africans in Panama City ⓘ
historicalRegion Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
impactOnCity population displacement from old Panama City ⓘ
impactOnTrade disruption of Spanish Pacific–Atlantic trade link via Panama ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
militaryObjective seizure of Spanish silver and goods ⓘ
notableFor large-scale looting and destruction ⓘ
one of the most famous pirate raids in history ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish colonial garrison of Panama City ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish rivalry in the Caribbean ⓘ
history of piracy in the Caribbean ⓘ
result capture of Panama City ⓘ
destruction of much of Panama City ⓘ
plunder of Panama City ⓘ
startTime 1671 ⓘ
target Panama City’s warehouses and treasuries ⓘ
Spanish trans‑isthmian trade route ⓘ
temporalContext 17th century ⓘ

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Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo → destroyedInEvent → sack of Panama by Henry Morgan ⓘ