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          I imagine looking for gold must have been hard for pirates when there was so many trying to look for it to and would kill to get what they want. In this case we can use Francis Drake, he would do anything for his treasure for example, Nombre de Dios lies in the corner of a bay on the Isthmus of Panama. Around 1570s was when it was known as the principal treasure port on the Spanish Main, which curves around the Southern rim of the Caribbean Sea. Francis Drake disguised as a Spanish merchant to inspect the harbor. During his inspection, he noticed King's treasure-house.
            Around July 1572, he returned with two small ships Pasco and Swam including 73 men. He ended up having to spit his men into two. They ended up shooting him in the leg but overall, he was able to become a rich man laying his hands on fifteen tons of ingots and 100000 in gold coins.

The port became really important to Francis Drake because it provided him with a lot of goods.

Another port that he did invade would be a place called “a house of crosses”, where they found no gold, but they did find a house full of rich merchandise of various kinds.
         
I don’t think it was a major port for them, but it did benefit him in some way. He went to a port called cacafuego in which he hit jackpot; it took his crew six days to take all the treasure onto the ship. He then returned to England to meet with the Queen and She ended up spitting it with herself, him and his crew whom he would separate and divide.