Privateers and Pirates
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Cornelis Janszoon de Haan
- Dutch privateer in the seventeenth century. Captain of a men-of-war that was engaged with two privateers from Duinkerken on 19 April 1633.
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Pieter Hamers
- 18th century Dutch privateer. see Cornelis Gerrits
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Boudewijn Hendrikszoon
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Piet Heyn
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Robert Holmes
- English privateer in the service of the Royal African Company (founded by the Duke of York) between 1665 and 1670. He attacked several Dutch colonies in Africa with a fleet consisting of two men-of-war and six frigates. He also attacked and plundered the Dutch colonies on the Islands of Tobago and St. Eustasius.
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Willem Pietrszoon Hoppesacq
- Dutch privateer who was active from Duinkerken. He was captain on board a fly-boat. He offered his services to the Dutch and French governments when they planned a combined attack on Duinkerken in 1595. He was uncovered on 30 April of this year, however, and was beheaded several weeks later in Duinkerken.
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Pieter Adriaanszoon Ita
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