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1510The Spanish found Nombre de Dios in Panama.
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1519The Spanish found the city of Panama.
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1519Veracruz, Mexico is founded by Hernán Cortés.
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c. 1520 - 1789Spanish treasure fleets transport the riches of the Americas to Spain.
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13 Aug 1521The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan falls into the hands of Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés.
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1522Jean de Fleury (aka Florin) captures three Spanish treasure ships off Cape Vincent.
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c. 1530The first Spanish galleons come into operation.
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15 Nov 1533Francisco Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco.
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1555Captain-General Pedro Menendez de Avilés begins a system of large and escorted convoys for the Spanish treasure fleets.
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Jul 1555The French privateer Jacques de Sores brutally attacks Havana.
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1565 - 1815The Manila galleons each year take eastern trade goods from Manila to Acapulco (and return with American silver).
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1572 - 1573Francis Drake explores Panama and seizes a Spanish silver mule train.
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Mar 1579Francis Drake captures the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (aka Cacafuego).
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1585 - 1587Sir Francis Drake attacks Spanish vessels and ports in the Spanish Main.
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Nov 1587The English privateer Thomas Cavendish captures the Manila galleon Great Saint Anna (actually a carrack).
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Aug 1595John Hawkins and Francis Drake lead an unsuccessful expedition against Spanish ships and settlements in Panama and the Caribbean.
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1596Portobelo replaces Nombre de Dios as the chief Atlantic port in Panama.
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1620 - 1697Buccaneers operate in the Caribbean and attack both ports and ships along the Spanish Main.
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1622The Nuestra Señora de Atocha Spanish treasure ship is wrecked in a storm off the Florida Keys.
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Sep 1628A Dutch force led by Admiral Hein captures the entire New Spain treasure fleet on its way to Havana.
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Jul 1668A buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan attacks and captures Portobelo 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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1681The Nuestra Señora de Encarnación Spanish treasure ship is wrecked in a storm off the coast of Panama.
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1683Laurens De Graaf leads a buccaneer attack on Veracruz on the Spanish Main.
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1697The conquest of the Maya Civilization completed by the Spanish conquistador Martín de Ursúa.
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1697The last great buccaneer operation captures Cartagena on the Spanish Main.
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1 Jan 1710The English privateer Woodes Rogers captures the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación Disengaño.
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1743The Manila galleon Covadonga is captured by a Brtiish naval fleet near Manila.
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1762A British fleet commanded by Admiral Cornish captures the Spanish Manila galleon Santísima Trinidad.
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1815The last Manila galleon, the San Fernando, arrives in Acapulco.