Piet Pieterszoon Hein brings in the silver fleet, Netherlands, 1629 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink

Piet Pieterszoon Hein brings in the silver fleet, Netherlands, 1629 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink

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Piet Pieterszoon Hein brings in the silver fleet, Netherlands, 1629 (c1870). Piet Hein (1577-1629) was a Dutch naval officer who became a popular hero because of his exploits in the Eighty Years War to secure the independence of the Netherlands from Spain. In 1628 he captured a Spanish treasure fleet in the Caribbean, returning home to a hero's welcome the following year. The spoils were sufficient to fund the Dutch army for eight months and to provide the Dutch East India Company's shareholders with a large cash dividend. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).


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People Information

Creator
  1. W Steelink, attributed to: Dutch: Artist, engraver
After
  1. Johan Conrad Greive: Dutch: Artist, painter, draughtsman, printmaker
People Related
  1. J van Lenner: Dutch: Author
  2. J ter Gouw: Dutch: Author
  3. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutch: naval commander

Medium
  1. Engraving

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World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5378x3276
File Size : 51,617kb


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  1. 0580020083
  1. 2-325-606
  1. 2325606

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