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    not to be confused with the San Lorenzo Protected Area Chagres River—the river on whose mouth Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo were built Fortifications on...
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    importance of Chagres River inter-ocean route diminished. In July 2012, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee placed Portobelo and nearby Fort San Lorenzo on the...
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    Isthmus where Fort San Lorenzo on the mouth of the Río Chagres stood. The fort was captured after a bloody assault, following which Morgan and the rest of...
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    San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA; "Area Protegida San Lorenzo") is a 12,000-ha area in Panama. It includes Fort San Lorenzo and Fort Sherman. At its longest...
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  • Mayflower and two other ships (with a force of 400 men) to capture Fort San Lorenzo which guarded the mouth of the Chagres river and the city of Chagres. Although...
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  • to a fifth rate and renamed HMS Enterprise. HMS Norwich took part in the destruction of the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres (22-24 March 1740)...
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    Porto Bello and Chagres in Panama, Havana, and Cartagena de Indias in present-day Colombia. Two previous naval attacks in 1740 had failed and for the third...
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  • Royal as an advance force captured Fort San Lorenzo guarded the Chagres River. Travelling up the river by canoe, Morgan and his 1,200 men crossed the isthmus...
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    War of Jenkins' Ear (category Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe)
    attacked the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres, in present-day Panama on the banks of the Chagres River, near Portobelo. The fort was defended by Spanish...
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  • Princess Louisa took part in the destruction of the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres (22-24 March 1740), in Panama, as part of a squadron commanded...
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