Jan Jacobsen (disambiguation)

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Jan Jacobsen is the name of several people:

  • Jan Jacobsen, early 17th century Dunkirker who became a posthumanous national hero destroying his ship after a 13-hour naval engagement. [1]
  • Jan Jacobsen (Dutch privateer), mid-17th century Dutch corsair and privateer who operated out of France, as did others such as Karel Verburg and Jan Jansen, on behalf of Great Britain during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stradling, R.A. The Armada of Flanders: Spanish Maritime Policy and European War, 1568-1668. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. (pg. 39) ISBN 0-521-52512-8
  2. ^ Rommelse, Gijs. The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667): Raison D'état, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife. Hilversum: Gigs Rommelse & Uitgeverij Verloren, 2006. (pg. 115) ISBN 90-6550-907-0
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