Sir
Henry Morgan, was a brilliant tactician and piratical businessman, able to
command the loyalty of privateers, who followed him into battle.
Admiral
Sir Henry Morgan started out life as an able seaman, then turned his
nautical skills to plundering ships laden with booty.
Sir Henry Morgan was born is 1635 at Llanrhymney, Glamorgan [now Cardiff], Wales, He died of a heart attack on August 25, 1688, at Lawrencefield, Jamaica, and was buried in the cemetary at Palisodes, Port Royal. The Welsh buccaneer was one of the most famous of the adventurers who plundered Spain’s
Caribbean colonies during the late 17th century. Operating with the unofficial support of the English government, he undermined Spanish authority in the West Indies.
During the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67), he was second in command of the buccaneers operating against Dutch colonies in the
Caribbean.
As the selected commander of the buccaneers in 1668, Morgan quickly captured Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey),
Cuba, and—in an extraordinarily daring
move - stormed and sacked the well-fortified city of Portobelo on the Isthmus of Panama. In 1669 he made a successful raid on wealthy Spanish settlements around Lake Maracaibo on the coast of Venezuela. Finally, in August 1670, with 36 ships and nearly 2,000 buccaneers, Morgan set out to capture Panamá, one of the chief cities of Spain’s American empire. Crossing the Isthmus of Panama, he defeated a large Spanish force (January 18, 1671) and entered the city, which burned to the ground while his men were looting it. On the return journey he deserted his followers and absconded with most of the booty.
This significant haul of gold, was never recovered. Morgan did not immediately need the money and needed to hide it for later
recovery, since there was no such thing as banks for pirates in those days. Then, as Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, he started to make significant profits from his sugar cane plantations and
distilling rum.
Because Morgan’s raid on Panamá had taken place after the conclusion of a peace between England and Spain, he was arrested and transported to London (April 1672). Nevertheless, relations with Spain quickly deteriorated, and in 1674
King Charles II knighted Morgan and sent him out again as deputy governor of
Jamaica, where he lived as a wealthy and respected planter until his death.
The Admiral, although only 52, realized that we was too old and unfit to recover his stash of gold, undeclared to the British, thus left instructions to be buried in a coffin made of
lignum
vitae, wherein he had secret compartment built in, with clues to the location of the stolen Spanish
gold. he also left a parchment as part of his Will, with additional
clues, copies of which were lodged with his scribe and estate manager. Not
before time, he suffered a heart attack
on August 25th 1688 aged 53 brought on by acute alcoholism and
obesity.
The parchments though, went missing, ending with Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
acquiring one of the documents, though the parchment on its own was not enough for
Blackbeard to recover the lost treasure.
Blackbeard knew he'd probably find the additional clues with Henry Morgan's corpse. Something for him to tend to when more settled. But took this secret with him to the grave. Cursing
Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his descendants, for his torture and murder.
Only gold,
silver and gemstones were worth anything to captains of old. The currency
was easy to trade and did not corrode, so ideal to be secreted in the most
inhospitable environments.
CAST
OF - "TREASURE
ISLAND: BLACKBEARD'S CURSE & PIRATES GOLD"
CHARACTERS:
PROTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Admiral
Sir (Captain) Henry Morgan |
Privateer & Governor of Jamaica |
Ark,
The |
The world's largest,
most comprehensive interactive DNA
database |
BioCore™ |
A
digital communication interface for the human brain |
Blackbeard
|
Edward Teach, privateer turned pirate,
tortured & murdered |
Captain
Nemo |
AI
onboard computer system |
Charley
Temple |
Researcher &
camerwoman,
good friend of John Storm |
CyberCore
Genetica™ |
The
world's smallest, fastest and most powerful nano supercomputer |
Dan
Hawk |
Computer
wizard, gaming
champion,
crew
member Elizabeth Swann |
Dr
Roberta Treadstone |
Blue Shield, Newcastle University, England |
Elizabeth
Swann |
Fastest solar/hydrogen
ship & floating laboratory |
Excalibur,
Pendragon & Merlin |
Anti piracy weapon
& ship security system |
George
Franks |
Legal and intelligence trust
manager, Swindles
& Gentry |
HAL
|
The onboard AI supercomputer ship manager |
Jill
Bird |
Senior
BBC news presenter world
service anchor |
John
Storm |
Ocean adventurer,
amateur anthropologist, & marine archaeologist |
Katy,
Kitty |
The ships cat and lucky mascot |
Professor
Douglas Storm |
John Storm's uncle,
designer
of Elizabeth Swann |
Professor
Jacques Pierre Daccord |
UNESCO sunken realms
division, conservationist |
Sam
Hollis |
BBC & Sky freelance investigative reporter Caribbean
regions |
Scott Tremaine |
Treasure
hunting professional & ships captain |
Shui
Razor |
Japanese
privateer,
ocean conservationist and historian |
Sir Rodney Baskerville |
Professor of
Maritime History & oceanographer |
Steve
Green |
Freelance
reporter,
friend of Charley Temple |
Suki
Hall |
A
marine biologist,
admirer of John's work |
Tom Hudson |
Sky
News Editor,
always looking for an exclusive |
Trisha
Lippard |
Cleopatra's call sign to protect her royal identity |
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CHARACTERS:
ANTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Alexander
Spotswood |
Ambitious,
(disgruntled) Governor of Virginia |
Billy
(Bones) One Eye |
Pirate sailor,
deadly marksman ex
marines SBS |
Captain
Flint |
John
Long's pet parrot, pieces of eight |
Commander
James William Maynard |
British
Royal Navy, MOD, Antiquities & Acquisitions, Special Ops |
Hispaniola,
The |
Lord
Huntington's converted
Arctic survey vessel |
Jack Boon
(Black
Jack) |
Pirate computer expert hacker |
King
Charles II |
British
Empire colonial slave trader, commissioner of privateers |
King
James II |
British
Royal
African Company, slave trader, colonial bloody triangle |
Lieutenant
Robert Maynard |
British naval officer, HMS Pearl,
who tortured Blackbeard |
Lord
James Huntington |
Opportunist,
British Geographical Society
member |
Robin
(John) Longstride |
Pirate leader, bare knuckle fighter
with silvery tongue |
William Gray |
Cashiered US Navy Captain,
snitch & mastermind |
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Draft
scripts for Kulo-Luna and
Cleopatra The Mummy are published with
'Treasure
Island' under
development for 2024 release. The three films could be shot back to back -
as a franchise - to
make the most of the Elizabeth Swann. Screenplays available in Final Draft
format for Studio executives, producers & directors.
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