over who would be in command, the two separated with Willekens returning to Amsterdam. Willekens joined the vroedschap in 1639 and the Admiralty of Amsterdam...
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twenty-six ships carrying around 1,700 men under the command of Admiral Jacob Willekens attacked and conquered the city. Terrified, the inhabitants retreated...
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Dutch West India Company (WIC). In May 1624, Dutch WIC forces under Jacob Willekens captured Salvador Bahia from the Portuguese. Philip IV, king of Spain...
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two groups, which were assembled in the Cape Verde islands. Under Jacob Willekens, the force captured Salvador on 8 May 1624. The Dutch in Salvador then...
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colonies in the Americas. As part of the Groot Desseyn plan, admiral Jacob Willekens led a GWC force to Salvador in December 1623, which was then the capital...
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Brazil, but was captured and sacked by a West India Company fleet under Jacob Willekens and Piet Hein on 10 May 1624. Johan van Dorth administered the colony...
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On December 22, 1623, a Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Jacob Willekens and Vice Admiral Pieter Heyn and consisting of 35 ships, sailed from...
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Archive Francois Le Clerc, at Rob Ossian's Pirate Cove Isle of Tortuga: Jacob Collaart[dead link] Oliver Seeler's website "Sir Francis Drake" Hunt, E...
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captaincy, was captured and sacked by a West India Company fleet under Jacob Willekens and Piet Hein on 10 May 1624 and held until the Recapture of Bahia...
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Walbeeck Jacob van Wassenaer Duivenvoorde Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam Sebald de Weert Abraham van der Weijden Jan Jansz Weltevree Jacob Willekens Jan Willem...
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