Claes Gerritszoon Compaen
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Claes Gerritszoon Compaen Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (Q8270). From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Privateer and pirate. Claas Compaan. Klaas Kompaan. edit. Also known as. English. Claes Gerritszoon Compaen. Privateer and pirate. Claas Compaan. Klaas Kompaan. Statements. instance of. human. Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (1587, Oostzaan, North Holland - 25 February 1660, Oostzaan), also called Claas Compaan or Klaas Kompaan, was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he later turned to piracy capturing hundreds of ships operating in Europe, the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s. Born in Oostzaan, his father was an alleged member of the Geuzen of Dirck Duyvel housed in Zaanstreek allied other nobleman in opposition of Spanish Claes Gerritszoon Compaen was born in Oostzaan in 1587. He was a merchant who had some succes sailing along the coast of Guinea (on the Westcoast of Africa). The money he earned this way he used to equip his ship for privateering against the Spaniards, the pirates/privateers of Duinkerken and Oostende. Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (died 1660AD - Privateer). Daniel Defoe (died 1731AD - Explorer). David Marteen (death Unknown - Pirate). Diego de Almagro (died 1538Ad - Explorer). Diego Velasquez de Cuellar (died 1524AD - Explorer). Dirk Chivers (death Unknown - Pirate). Dixie Bull (death Unknown - Pirate). Every Mac comes preinstalled with Gerritszoon.' But not Gerritszoon Display. That, you have to steal." â“Clay Jannon, Mr.â¦Â âœI chime in, â˜Yeah, he printed them using a brand-new typeface, made by a designer named Griffo Gerritszoon. It was awesome. Nobody has ever seen anything like it, and itâ™s still basically the most famous typeface ever. Every Mac comes preinstalled with Gerritszoon.â™ But not Gerritszoon Display. That, you have to steal.â â“Clay Jannon, Mr. Penumbraâ™s 24-Hour Bookstore. Focussing on the careers of Claes Compaen, a cunning, charismatic renegado who claimed to have stolen more than 350 vessels, and Jan Erasmus Reyning, who hit the seas at age 12 and became a buccaneer in the pirate jungle of Santo Domingo, Snelders paints a salty picture of the excesses, contradictions, and liberatory joys of pirate life." BOOK JACKET. Personal Name: Compaan, Claas Gerritszoon, 1587-. Personal Name: Reining, Jan Erasmus. Uniform Title Claes Gerritszoon Compaen, born in Netherlands, Oostzaan (73 years old) (1587 Oostzaan North Holland - February 25 1660 Oostzaan) also called Claas Compaan or Klaas Kompaan was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic he later turned to piracy capturing hundreds of ships operating in Europe the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s. When is Claes Gerritszoon Compaen's birthday?.