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I moved the pirate back here because Special:Whatlinkshere/Henry Morgan makes it clear that he's the primary topic. —Charles P. ^(Mirv) 23:10, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

One of the introductory paragraphs currently reads "Therefore it is more likely that he was the 'Captain Morgan' who joined the fleet of Christopher Myngs in 1663 and accompanied the expedition of John Morris and Jackman when the Spanish settlements at Vildemos, Trujillo and Granada were taken." This is confusing. "More likely" than what? Or, "he" who? Anyone with the expertise to clarify is encouraged to edit. Robert K S 17:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

"He recaptured the island of Santa Catalina"--which Santa Catalina? The link currently leads to a disambiguation page, so it is impossible to tell which Santa Catalina is being referred to. Robert K S 17:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

"When Thomas Lynch died in 1684, his friend Christopher Monck"-- Whose friendwas he? The way it is written sounds like he was Lynch's friend, but this doesn't seem to make sense in the context of the rest of the paragraph. Was Monck Lynch's friend or Morgan's friend, or should "friend" be dropped entirely? Demonbug 18:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

In a documentary i heard he was born in Germany to his - there stationed - father and his german wife "Anna Petronella", who was the daughter of Lippstadt's mayor. source (german): http://www.prosieben.de/lifestyle_magazine/galileo/spezial/karibik/

Have added the missing parts of his half-German origin. Marcuse7 09:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MILHIST Assessment

Could afford to be longer. The intro sentence is beautifully succinct, but I wonder too about that. What else can be put here? LordAmeth 11:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German Origin

A documentation reported, that his full name was Johann Henry Morgan, and that he was the son of a english officer in germany and a german woman. They reported, that he was born an raised in Germany. --DarkScipio 21:35, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Africa

I doubt the part about the 20 women in Africa. In everything I ever read about Morgan, I don't remember him visiting Africa at all. I'll leave it in for now, in case somebody here can substantiate it. In the meantime, though, I'm going to move the tale to some place where it doesn't mess up the narrative of the Portobello attack. --Pirate Dan 19:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I have discovered that the story about the African women was added from a shared college IP address with a long history of vandalism. I'm going to delete the reference. Anyone who can find a source for the story is welcome to add it back in. --Pirate Dan 13:48, 20 March 2007 (UTC)