Jan Jacobsen (English service)

For other people named Jan Jacobsen, see Jan Jacobsen (disambiguation).
Jan Jacobsen
Born fl. 1665
Flanders
Died 1667

Piratical career

Type Privateer
Allegiance England
Years active 1660s
Rank Captain
Base of operations Dunkirk
Battles/wars Second Anglo-Dutch War

Jan Jacobsen (fl. 16651667) was a mid-17th-century Flemish-born Dutch corsair and privateer. Operating out of France with other Dunkirkers such as Karel Verburg and Jan Jansen Gouverneur, he acted on behalf of England during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in the mid-1660s.[1]

References

  1. 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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