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[edit] Pieter Schouten
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]]}} Pieter Schouten (fl. 1622-1625) was a 17th century Dutch corsair and privateer. He was one of the first Dutchmen to explore to the Carribean and, while employed by the Dutch West Indies Company, was involved in extensive reconnaissance to establish Dutch bases in the West Indies. [edit] BiographyBorn in Vlissingen, Pieter Schouten found employment in the Dutch West Indies Company as would other former corsairs during this period. In early 1624, he was assigned three ships with which to chart the Caribbean as well as provide valuable reconnaissance on possibility of establishing Dutch bases in the region. Leaving port on January 26, his small squadron included the 24-gun Hoop under Captain Willem Jacobszoon, the 14-gun Eendracht under Captain Hillebrandt Janszoon and the 8-gun yacht Trouwe commanded by Captain Hendrik Worst. After arriving in Barbados in mid-March or May, he visited several islands and charted the coasts of Venezuela, Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. He also briefly visited the Little Caymans to hunt turtles, becoming one of the earliest Europeans to land on the islands. [1] His fleet captured several small vessels on the way, although none of his ships were capable of taking the faster and well-armed Spanish galleons. He left Cuba in August and remained in the Caribbean intending to finally head back to the Netherlands the following spring. However, the Eendracht had fallen behind and soon lost contact with Schouten and his flagship. By the time they had reestablished contact, they had encountered two Spanish merchant ships from Honduras. Willem Jacobszoon had managed to capture one of these, the San Juan Baptista under the command of Captain Francisco Hernandez y Moreno, and later used by the crew of the Eendracht when they were forced to abandon their after it ran aground at Tortuga Cays (north of present-day Havana, Cuba). Schouten and his men eventually arrived back in Vlissingen on September 13, 1624. Among the cargo brought back on the Spanish prize included 1,600 chests of sugar, 3,000 animal skins, large amounts of sarsaparilla, balm oil and several chests of silver. The wealth from the one ship alone was enough to convince the Dutch of the value of supporting future expeditions against the Spanish in the Caribbean. As a result of his expedition, St. Martin became one of the first Dutch colonies to be established before its destruction by a passing Spanish fleet in 1633. [2] An account of his three-year voyage was published at Layden in 1644 by Johannes de Laet, a writer and dirrector of the Dutch West Indies Company, which were included with those of Mathijs Hendriksz and Peit Heyn. [edit] References{{Reflist}} [edit] Further reading
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[edit] Simon Danziger
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]]}} Simon Danziger (d. 1611), also spelled Danziker, Dansker or Danser, was a 17th century Dutch-Flemmish privateer and corsair later known as the Barbary corsair Simon Re'is. He and the English pirate John Ward were the two most prominent renegades operating in the Barbary coast during the early 1600s, both of whom were said to command squadrons in Algiers and Tunis equal to their European counterparts, and represented a formidable naval power as allies (much like the Barbarossas decades later). [3] He is suspected of teaching the Turks and the Moors to use sailing ships to go through the Strait of Gibraltar as early as 1601. [4] [5] Commanding a vast squadron made up of English and Turks while in the service of Algiers, [6] he captured over 40 ships in a two-year period after "turning Turk" and was stopped only after his capture and execution in 1611. Both men are featured prominently in Kitab al-Munis fi Akhbar Ifriqiya wa Tunis written by Tunisian writer and historian Ibn Abi Dinar. [7] [edit] BiographyA Dutchman from Dordrecht by traditional accounts, he first arrived in Algiers from Marseilles, France around 1600 or 1601 where he eventually married and began a ship building business. Finding himself in the service of the Pacha, he soon became the chief naval architect for the Bey of Algiers teaching Algerian shipwrights how to build and use the larger European "round ships" as opposed to the ancient rowed galleys. He later used captured prizes as models to show his officers the management and navigation of round ships, which had higher decks, banks of sail and cannon. The exact circumstances are vague as to the reasons behind his becoming a corsair, however he "was made welcome as an enemy of the Spaniards" and had become one of the taiffe's leading reis within three years of his arrival. Often bringing Spanish prizes and prisoners to Algiers, he became known under the names Simon Re'is, Deli-Reis (Captain Devil) and Deli Kapitan due to his exploits on the sea. His fleet quickly grew in power, as he incorporated captured ships into his fleet, and was supplied by Algiers with men and use of their shipyards. He was also the first to lead the Algiers out of the Straits of Gibraltar, the farthest distance any had ever successfully navigated, and traveled as far as Iceland. Iceland would later be attacked by Barbary corsairs in 1616. Danziger soon became aquatinted with other renegades, particularly Englishman pirates Peter Easton and John Ward, who with the latter formed a powerful alliance together. Although having converted to Islam years earlier, he apparently continued practicing Christianity in secret. In 1609, while taking a Spanish galleon off Valencia, he used the opportunity to communicate a message to Henri IV and the French court through the Jesuit priests onboard. He wished to return to Marseilles, having left his wife and children behind long ago, and wished to be exonerated for his crimes. He was reunited with his family later that year, shortly after arriving in Marseilles with four well-armed warships on November 17, 1609. Welcomed by the Duke of Guise, he presented to him "a present of some Turks, who were at once sent to the galleys". He resided in Marseilles for a time before he was requested by French authorities to embark on a diplomatic mission to secure the release of French ships being held in Algiers. Agreeing to return, he was lured from a French ship and, once ashore, he was immediately seized and beheaded for his past attacks on Muslim shipping. William Lithgow, a Scottish adventurer present at the time, referred to him as "the onely invertebrate enemy of the Moores" wrote "Loe there was a Turkish policy more sublime and crafty, then the best European alive could have could have performed". [8] [edit] References{{Reflist}} [edit] Further reading
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[edit] Moise Vauquelin
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]]}} Moise Vauquelin or Moses Vanclein (fl. 1650-1670) was a 17th century French buccaneer. During his four-year career as a privateer, he served as an officer under l'Ollonais and formed a brief partnership with Pierre Le Picard. He and Philippe Bequel later co-wrote a book detailing their explorations of the Honduran and Yucatan coastline. [edit] BiographyVauquelin first arrived in the Caribbean from Normandy, France around 1650. He was part of a buccaneering fleet being organized by l'Ollonais at the pirate haven of Tortuga and which would loot and plunder Spanish settlements throughout the Spanish Main during the next two years. Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667. l'Ollonais and his fleet eventually split up, arguing over l'Ollonais desire to sail for Guatemala, shortly after the capture of a Spanish ship off the coast of the Yucatan. He and Pierre le Picard chose to leave the expedition, some accounts suggesting they were the ringleaders and instigators of the fleet's disbandment, [9] and began privateering together for a time. Sailing along the coast of Costa Rica, he captured the town of Veraguas although he was driven from the area when he failed to take the nearby town of Nata and the two split up soon after. This defeat was later recorded in Alexander Esquemeling's The Buccaneers Of America almost twenty years later. Vauquelin seems to have lost his ship after this, although the circumstances are unrecorded. He did, however, manage to join the French privateer Chevalier du Plessis later that year. After du Plessis' death, Vauquelin was elected as his successor by the crew. He and his crew were able to successfully capture a Spanish prize, carrying a large cargo of cacao, near the port of Havana, Cuba before returning to Tortuga. In 1670, he and fellow buccaneer Philippe Bequel wrote an account of their careers at the Vice-Admiral Jean d'Estrées. The book contained detailed information of the geography of the Caribbean and West Indies, particularly the coasts of Honduras and the Yucatan, which were used by the Royal French Navy as well as later buccaneers. [10] [edit] References{{Reflist}}
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[edit] Pierre le Picard
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]]}} Pierre le Picard (1624-1679?) was a 17th century French buccaneer. [11] He was both an officer to l'Ollonais as well as Sir Henry Morgan, most notably taking part in his raids at Maracaibo and Panama, and was one of the first buccaneers to raid shipping on both the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. [edit] BiographyPierre le Picard is first referred to as an officer with l'Ollonais in his buccaneering expedition from Tortuga. Leaving with the fleet, he commanded a brigantine with 40 men and was present at the later raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667. [12] The fleet then stopped to regroup sometime after this point, capturing a Spanish ship off the coast of the Yucatan, before l'Ollonais called a council of his officers. Although proposing to sail to Guatamala, he and Moise Vauquelin opposed l'Ollonais' plan and, it is alleged, they encouraged the rest of the officers to leave their commander. The fleet did disband after this meeting, with Picard and Vauquelin leaving together to raid the coast of Costa Rica. The two successfully occupied and looted Veraguas that same year, however they parted ways after failing to capture the nearby town of Nata. This attack was included in Alexander Esquemeling's The Buccaneers of America years later. In 1669, he returned to Maracaibo once more as a guide for Sir Henry Morgan expedition and, two years later, joined him at Panama in command of the 10-gun Saint-Pierre. Although his activities are unknown during the next few years, at least one published source reporting his death in 1679, he is mentioned by then acting Governor of Jamaica Sir Henry Morgab as being active against English and Spanish shipping near Port Royal in 1682. He may have also been the Captain le Picard who, in early 1685, sailed with the French buccaneering expedition they crossed the Isthmus of Panama to raid unprotected Spanish settlements in the South Seas. He returned to the Caribbean after the raid on Guayaquil in May 1687 and, while en route to Hispaniola, looted the city of Segovia before eventually retired to Acadie in southeastern Canada. During King William's War, he may have also commanded a small squadron during King William's War and attacked the English colony at Rhode Island in 1690 although was forced to withdraw due to heavy casualties. [13] [edit] References{{Reflist}} [edit] External links
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[edit] Pixelated Anne
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]]}} Pixelated Anne is a weekly webcomic published by Boring Internet (http://www.boringinternet.co.uk). It is drawn almost entirely in Microsoft Paint, with occasional use of Photoshop. [edit] ContentIn previous 'seasons' of Pixelated Anne (these were short bursts of comics drawn in 2004 and 2006), the humour relied on intentional poorness and analysing its own structure. The current season of Pixelated Anne, however, uses more adult jokes and gross-out humour rather than the light humour of previous seasons. [edit] CharactersCurrently, the title character is the only regular character in the comic; all other characters thus far have appeared only once. Anne is a disembodied floating head, who lives in a world populated with other similar floating heads and normal people. In previous seasons, her vocabulary was extremely limited, usually restricted to one word. This season has shown an extension of her vocal skills, however. The character has many negative qualities that are used for the humour in each strip: she is a racist drug-user who feels no remorse for cruelty towards the elderly or animals. Apart from a fear of black people, Anne also shows an anti-semitic trend: she sympathises with the Nazi regime and is seen crying at the end of a movie where Hitler kills himself. The author does make note of the fact that he does not share the same qualities as Anne and admits that the poor qualities sheis endowed with are purely for comic effect. [edit] Sourceshttp://www.boringinternet.co.uk
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[edit] Michael Geare
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]]}} Sir Michael Geare (b. 1565-?) was a 16th century English sailor, privateer and merchant. One of the many Sea Dogs which plagued the Spanish Empire during the Elizabethan age, Geare was well-known to the Spaniards of the West Indies and the Spanish Main as commander of the Little John. He remained one of the most active in the region throughout the 1590s and up until his retirement in 1603. [edit] BiographyMichael Geare was born in Limehouse around 1565, reportedly from a poor cockney background. An apprentice mariner in his youth, [16] Geare embarked on his earliest voyages with Sir George Carey and later Captain John Watts with whom he would first rise to prominence between 1588 and 1591. That same year he became the captain of the Little John, one of five-ship flotilla under William Lane and financed by Sir Frances Drake among others. Lane gave glowing accounts of Geare's bravery in battle and with whom he began to earn a small fortune from privateering and smuggling activities. Lane eventually began personally financing the Little John which was later renamed the Michael & John when he became a partner with Geare in 1592. During the next three years, Geare would complete four successful voyages in the West Indies with the Michael & John. In 1595, an encounter with a Spanish galleon near Havana, Cuba resulted in the loss of fifty of his crew and a Spanish pinnace he had previously captured. After making his escape, Geare was able to recoup his losses by capturing another Spanish prize before returning to England. Commanding the Neptune the following year, he was accompanied to the Caribbean by a pinnace sailed by John Rilesden and Christopher Newport. He and fifteen men stole the pinnace later that year and captured several prizes before arriving in Jamaica to join a privateering expedition to Honduras led by Sir Anthony Shirley and Captain William Parker. After a failed raid against Trujilo, they turned towards Puerto Caballos and successfully captured the city. Finding little of value however, Geare decided to part company with Shirey and Parker who continued overland across the mountains of Guatamala and to the Pacific coast. In May 1601, while in the West Indies with David Middleton with the pinnace James, he captured three ships while in command of the Archangel. Although he managed to bring back two of the captured ships, he lost contact with the third. Its crew eventually sailed to Morocco where it was sold there instead. Participating in a three-ship consort with Captain Christopher Newton the following year, he captured two Spanish warships among several others. On January 24, 1603, Geare and Christopher Newport participated in a joint Anglo-French operation when they directed eight ships during the landing of armed privateers near Santiago, Cuba. Their advance was halted by the Spanish Governor Fernando Melgarejo de Cordoba, both by a single artillery piece and stampeding a herd of cattle towards the raiders, and they were eventually forced to flee. [17] After this last adventure, he decided to retire to Stepney, a suburb of London. His home, having a small dagger hung outside, gained some notoriety during his later years. Shortly after his return to England, he was bestowed a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth I. Upon his death, he left an annual allowance of five pounds to be shared among the families of those lost at sea and the indigent sailors of his native Limehouse. [18] [edit] References{{Reflist}} [edit] Further reading
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]]}} Metaxytherium is an extinct genus of dugong. [edit] Sources
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