Peter Harris (died May 3, 1680) was a British buccaneer, one of the captains (along with Bartholomew Sharp

Bartholomew Sharp

Bartholomew Sharp an English buccaneer whose pirate career lasted only three years . His flagship was the Trinity....

 and Edmund Cook) in the Pacific Adventure, a privateering expedition headed by Richard Sawkins

Richard Sawkins

Richard Sawkins or Hawkins was a British buccaneer who participated in the Pacific Adventure, a privateering expedition headed by Captain John Coxon....

 and John Coxon

John Coxon (pirate)

Captain John Coxon was a late seventeenth-century buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. Coxon was one of the most famous of the Brethren of the Coast, a loose consortium of pirates and privateers...

. After plundering the mining town of Santa Maria (east of Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

) on April 25, 1680, the buccaneers set fire to the town and using canoes rowed downstream to the Pacific. On May 3, the "expedition" reached the port at Perico island

Causeway Islands

Causeway Islands are four small islands by the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, they were linked to the mainland via a causeway, made from rock extracted during the excavations from the Panama Canal...

off the coast of Panama City, finding there a Spanish fighting force of several barques and other ships. Although eventually victorious, the buccaneers lost twenty men, among them Captain Harris.
Another Buccaneer called Peter Harris, apparently a nephew of the one mentioned above, was active in the same area during 1684-1685.