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listening. The Sack of Panama in 1671 by Henry Morgan was one of the most important geopolitical moments in the history of the new world.

It wasn't as big as Columbus arriving on Hispaniola or Cortez conquering

the Aztec Empire or the dawn of the slave trade or the introduction of sugar into the

economy, but it was a symbol and at the same time a symptom

of a very real sea change in the Caribbean.

It changed Spanish policy and it signaled a new era of a waning Spanish empire.

It proved to the English that they had the weight to exert their will in the West Indies.

And it wasn't just there. It was in European politics on a much grander

scale as well. This was one of the first major stepping stones to what would become the

British Empire. I mean you can just imagine Louis the 14th hearing of the

event and between visits to his mistresses and his fancy parties conferring

with his advisors on exactly how this changed France's relationship with both Spain and England.

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