Kammala wannan jumla: Mutanen Espanya Main ya zama maƙasudin burgewa ga 'yan fashi, buccaneers, masu zaman kansu da ƙasashe a yaƙi da Spain, suna neman kama wasu daga cikin waɗannan wadata. Don su kāre wannan dukiyar, an yi amfani da jiragen ruwa masu yawa da aka yi amfani da su a ƙasar Spain. Ƙungiyar jiragen ruwa a cikin manyan jiragen ruwa sun tabbatar da nasara sosai, tare da 'yan misalai masu yawa na manyan hare-haren masu zaman kansu tare da Mutanen Espanya Main, irin su kama Cartagena de Indias da Francis Drake a 1586; kama wani jirgin ruwa na Mutanen Espanya da ke tafiya daga Mexico ta Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya na Holland a 1628; kama Chagres da Panama City da Henry Morgan a 1670-71; da kuma Raid a Cartagena da Faransa a 1697. 'Yan fashin teku da ke aiki a yankin sun hada da dan kasar Holland Laurens de Graaf, wanda ya mamaye Veracruz a 1683 kuma
Cartagena a shekara ta 1697.