Eras › Buccaneering Era Era Buccaneering Era 1 pirate in the codex active during this period. Sir Henry Morgan c. 1635 – 25 August 1688 Caribbean Spanish Main Welsh privateer in English service who led the buccaneer assaults on Portobelo (1668), Maracaibo (1669), and Panama City (1671); subsequently knighted and appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.