Buccaneer Timeline

Buccaneers operate in the Caribbean and attack both ports and ships along the Spanish Main.

Buccaneers begin to camp and hunt illegally in the western part of Hispaniola (modern Haiti).

Tortuga becomes a major buccaneer base.

The French engineer Jean Le Vasseur builds a fortress on Tortuga.

Edward D'Oyley, Governor of Jamaica, encourages buccaneers of several nationalities to make Port Royal their base.

The buccaneer Henry Morgan attacks Villahermosa on the Spanish Main.

The buccaneer Henry Morgan attacks Tabasco and Gran Granada on the Spanish Main.

François L'Olonais leads a buccaneer force which attacks Venezuela on the Spanish Main.

A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan attacks and captures Portobelo on the Spanish Main.

A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan captures the port of Maracaibo. on the Spanish Main.

A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan attacks and captures the port of Panama on the Spanish Main.

Sir Henry Morgan is appointed Lieutenant Governor of Port Royal.

Bartholomew Sharp leads buccaneer raids on the Pacific coast of the Spanish Main.

The Jamaican authorities prohibit piracy.

Laurens De Graaf leads a buccaneer attack on Veracruz on the Spanish Main.

The Buccaneers of America by Alexander Oliver Exquemelin is published in English.

Edward Davis leads buccaneer attacks on the Pacific coast of the Spanish Main.

The last great buccaneer operation captures Cartagena on the Spanish Main.

The Peace of Ryswick signed between France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands effectively ends buccaneering in the Caribbean.