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