Captain Morgan is more than just a guy on a bottle of rum

The 17th-century Caribbean privateer from Wales, Sir Henry Morgan was among England's most notorious and successful privateers. Known affectionately by bar-goers and Rum connoisseurs everywhere as Captain Morgan. It could be argued that Captain Morgan was a pirate, although most history references would list him as a privateer.

A privateer was a private warship authorized by a country's government by letters of marquee to attack foreign shipping. Strictly, a privateer was only entitled to attack enemy vessels during wartime. However, states often encouraged attacks on opposing powers while at peace, or on neutral vessels during time of war, blurring the line between privateering and piracy. Assuming Captain Morgan blurred those lines often, he was no stranger to The Blunderbuss.

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