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1620 CE - 1697 CE: Buccaneers operate in the Caribbean and attack both ports and ships along the Spanish Main.
1620 CE: Buccaneers begin to camp and hunt illegally in the western part of Hispaniola (modern Haiti).
1630 CE: Tortuga becomes a major buccaneer base.
1642 CE: The French engineer Jean Le Vasseur builds a fortress on Tortuga.
1657 CE: Edward D'Oyley, Governor of Jamaica, encourages buccaneers of several nationalities to make Port Royal their base.
1664 CE: The buccaneer Henry Morgan attacks Villahermosa on the Spanish Main.
1665 CE: The buccaneer Henry Morgan attacks Tabasco and Gran Granada on the Spanish Main.
1667 CE: François L'Olonais leads a buccaneer force which attacks Venezuela on the Spanish Main.
1668 CE: A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan attacks and captures Portobelo on the Spanish Main.
1669 CE: A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan captures the port of Maracaibo. on the Spanish Main.
1671 CE: A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan attacks and captures the port of Panama on the Spanish Main.
1674 CE: Sir Henry Morgan is appointed Lieutenant Governor of Port Royal.
1680 CE: Bartholomew Sharp leads buccaneer raids on the Pacific coast of the Spanish Main.
1681 CE: The Jamaican authorities prohibit piracy.
1683 CE: Laurens De Graaf leads a buccaneer attack on Veracruz on the Spanish Main.
1684 CE: The Buccaneers of America by Alexander Oliver Exquemelin is published in English.
1684 CE - 1688 CE: Edward Davis leads buccaneer attacks on the Pacific coast of the Spanish Main.
1697 CE: The last great buccaneer operation captures Cartagena on the Spanish Main.
1697 CE: The Peace of Ryswick signed between France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands effectively ends buccaneering in the Caribbean.