(Muiphcrson ( i.llecliini) 



PANAMA, ABOl'T 1690. 



.li oiii' tcriiiimil of tlic Sl>iinisli Overland route by which Inline 

 treasure was transported, Panama was always the favourite aim 

 of the buccaneers and gentlemen adventurers. 



SIR HENRY MORGAN 



The most dashing and picturesque of 

 the seventcentti-century buccaneers, and, 

 scoundrel as he was, he undoubtedly made 

 as good a Deputy Governor of Jamaica 

 as most of his contemporaries. 



(Macpherson Colh-clion) 



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