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Richard Bishop1550 ca1561
 
16171617 ca

Thomas Cobhamunknown1563
 
 
1563unknown
 
Turgut Reis14851500
 
15651565, Jun 23
 an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Medite...
Pedro Menendez de Aviles1519, Feb 151565
 
 
15651574, Sep 17
 a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning...
Salih Reis1488 ca1529
 
15681568
 a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral. In 1529, he took part in the Turkish-Spanish battle near...
Captain Robert Blondel1530 ca1550
 
15681568 ca
 wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_de_Ulúa_(1568) ....... French captai...
Takanobu Matsura15291540
 
15691599, Apr 1
 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was on...
Francois Le Clercunknown1550
 
15691563
  a 16th-century French privateer, originally from Normandy. He is credited as the first pirate in...
Matsura Takanobu15291550
 
15691599, Apr 1
  a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was o...
Mustaphaunknown1558
 
1569unknown
 In 1558 he sailed, with a fleet of 140 vessels, to the Island of Minorca. Landed, and besieged th...
William Burderunknown1560
 
1569unknown
 Mayor of Dover. It may seem strange to accuse the mayor of so important a seaport as Dover of bei...
Richard Deigleunknown1560
 
1569unknown
 An Elizabethan pirate. Wrecked in the John of Sandwich at Alderney in 1564, when he was arrested,...
Captain Heidonunknown1560
 
1569unknown
 Arrested for piracy in 1564 for having captured a Flemish ship. This vessel he manned with thirte...
Philip Readheadunknown1560
 
15691564
 One of Captain Heidon's crew of the pirate ship John of Sandwich, wrecked on Alderney Island in 1...
Roger Shasterunknown1560
 
15691564
 One of Captain Heidon's crew of the pirate ship John of Sandwich, which was wrecked on the coast ...
Jean Capdevilleunknown1569
 
 
1569unknown
 Sailed with Jacques Sores
Ali Bashaunknown1560
 
1570s 9unknown
 From Algiers. Barbary corsair. Conquered the Kingdom of Tunis in the sixteenth century, and captu...
John Chalona Butlerunknown1570s c
 
 
1570s 91577
 Sailed with John Oxenham. Captured, tortured and put to death by the ES Inquisition;........John ...
Jean Bontemps1530 ca1559
 
15721572
 a French privateer. In 1559, sailing with Jean-Martin Cotes, he attacked the towns of Santa Marta...
Richard Allen [1]unknown1560
 
15721572, Nov
 a young English sailor turned pirate. He worked in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel. Along w...
Charles Glub1540 ca1560
 
15721572
 English quartermaster and pirate. He was very popular with the crew for his cheerful disposition...
Joseph Drake1555 ca1570
 
 
15721572, Nov
 Brother to Sir Francis Drake, died of yellow fever on the ship Francis November. ...... Engl...
John Garret1540 ca1572
 
 
15721600 ca
 Privateer .......... He served in the Atlantic and Caribbean. He became a member of the crew ...
Courte Higgenberteunknown1572
 
 
1572unknown
 Conrad van Hegenbert
Klein Henszleinunknown1560
 
15731573
 a German pirate from 1560 to 1573 who raided shipping in the North Sea until his defeat and captu...
John Smith [1]1550 ca1572
 
 
15731570s
 John Smith *1550?? - +1573. English pirate. In 1572 he became a member of the crew of Francis Dr...
Ellis Hixon1540 ca1573
 
 
15731573 ca
 an English captain and pirate. He served in the Atlantic. In 1573 he joined Francis Drake's raid ...
Robert Pike1550 ca1573
 
 
15731589 ca
 English officer and a pirate. In 1573 he became a member of the crew of Francis Drake, who this ...
Ferdinando Fieldingunknown1574
 
 
1574unknown
 
Louis de Boisot1530 ca1560
 
15761576, May 27
 After 1567 he joined the watergeuzen. He took part in a battle under Willem van Oranje in 1572. H...
Arnaut Mamiunknown1572
 
 
1576unknown
 an Ottoman Albanian renegade, the squadron admiral and the supreme commander of all Islamic vesse...
Andrew Barkerunknown1560
 
15771577
 an English merchant. In 1575 at Tenerife, the Inquisition laid hands on the captain and crew of t...
Peter Carder1565 ca1577
 
 
15771626 ca
 Sailed with Sir Francis Drake ...... English cabin boy and a pirate. He was a member of the c...
John Chester1540 ca1577
 
 
15771578
 commanded the fly-boat Swan at the outset of Francis Drake's round the world journey ...... En...
Thomas Cuttle1545 ca1577
 
 
15771600 ca
 English officer, boatswain a pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and at...
Nunho da Silvaunknown1577
 
 
1577unknown
 
Hugh Smith1545 ca1577
 
 
15771589 ca
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber...
John Wynter1540 ca1577
 
 
15771610 ca
 Pirate Captain. Vessel: Aid.....English captain and pirate. Son of George and Anne Wynter. Nephe...
Richard Minivy1545 ca1560
 
15781578
 Richard Minivy *1545?? - +prosinec 1578. English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis ...
Captain John Thomas [1]1540 ca1560
 
15781578 ca
 English captain and pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended al...
William Markham [1]1545 ca1570
 
 
15781578
 English officer, boatswain, and pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1570 and ...
John Doughty1545 ca1575
 
 
15781578 ca
 English nobleman, an officer, a soldier and a pirate. Brother Thomas Doughty. In 1575, during th...
William Coxeunknown1576
 
 
1578unknown
 
Thomas Doughty [1]15451577
 
 
15781578, Jul 2
 an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. His associati...
Francis Fletcher15551578
 
 
15781619 ca
 a clergyman of the Church of England who accompanied Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation of...
Jacques de Soresunknown1550
 
1579unknown
 A French pirate whose sole documented act was his attack and burning of Havana in 1555. Other tha...
Guillaume Le Testu1509 ca1560
 
15791573
 a French privateer, explorer and navigator. He was one of the foremost cartographers of his time ...
Leonard Vicary1540 ca1560s
 
15791578 ca
 English officer and a pirate. He was a student rights. He was a member of the crew by Francis Dr...
John Callisunknown1570
 
 
15791576
 a 16th-century Welsh pirate. He was active in South Wales from Cardiff to Haverfordwest, often se...
Klaus Hansleinunknown1570
 
 
15791573
 This German pirate of the 1570's attacked shipping in the North sea until he and his crew were ca...
Gilbert Horseley1545 ca1570
 
 
15791580 ca
 English captain and pirate, based in the Caribbean. Where practically pillaged whom. In 1573 he ...
Limahong unknown1570
 
 
1579unknown
 a notorious Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippine Islands in 1574. He bu...
William Pitcher1545 ca1570
 
 
15791578 ca
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1575 and attended all his robber...
Nicolaes Ruychaverunknown1570
 
 
1579unknown
 Dutch privateer in the 16th century. Received a Letter of Marque on 10 June 1570 issued by Willem...
Johan Sieuwertszoonunknown1570
 
 
1579unknown
 Dutch privateer active in the 16th century. On 15 May 1570 he received a Letter of Marque from Wi...
Magnus Heinason1545/481579
 
 
15791589, Jan 18
 Faroese naval hero and privateer. Was executed for piracy, though charges were later dropped.
William Hollandunknown1579
 
 
1579unknown
 
Thomas Beavinunknown1580
 
 
15801590 ca
 English pirate who sailed in the area around Wales. Ultimately, he was captured and hanged in Lon...
Philip Boyteunknown1580
 
 
15801600 ca
 Pirate originally from Portland, and was executed in London. Hanged ...... English pirate of ...
Gregory Cary1545 ca1580
 
 
15801600 ca
 Sailed with Sir Francis Drake on his round the world tour ..... English pirate. He was a memb...
Alonso de Contrerasunknown1580
 
 
1580unknown
 a Spanish sailor (captain of a frigate), soldier (captain of infantry and then of cavalry), priva...
Fabio Galeratiunknown1580
 
 
1580unknown
 Knight of St. Stephan
Thomas Hankynunknown1580
 
 
1580unknown
 
John Brewer1540 ca1560
 
1580s 91600 ca
 Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ...... English captain and pirate. H...
Captain Derrickunknown1581
 
 
1581unknown
 hunted by the French courts in Studland Bay.
Stephen Heynesunknown1581
 
 
1581unknown
 / Carless Stephen
Lady Mary Wolverston1525 ca1570
 
 
15821582 ca
 a gentlewoman from Suffolk, married into an ancient Cornish family, who was accused of piracy dur...
Don Diego Brocchiero De Anayaunknown1583
 
 
15831590 ca
 Spanish pirate and Knight of Malta. He sailed the Mediterranean, attacking Venetian and Arab ships.
John Killigrew [2]unknown1571
 
 
15841584
  the 2nd Governor of Pendennis Castle, (1568–1584) appointed by Queen Elizabeth I, as stated on...
Pietro Emounknown1584
 
 
1584unknown
 Beheaded by Venetians
Eloi Colaertunknown1583
 
 
1585unknown
 He was a privateer in the service of Spain. He was active in the years 1583 and 1585 from Duinker...
Karel Dauweunknown1585
 
 
1585unknown
 Dutch privateer in the service of Spain in 1585.
Bernard Drakeunknown1585
 
 
1585unknown
 an Elizabethan sea captain. He was a possible relation to Sir Francis Drake. Beginning in 1585, h...
Martin Frobisher15351585
 
 
15851595
 an English seaman and privateer (licensed pirate) who made three voyages to the New World to look...
William Hawkins the youngerunknown1585
 
 
1585unknown
 went around the world with Francis Drake
Francis Knollys1552 ca1585
 
 
15851648
 an English privateer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1575...
Pieter Pouwelsunknown1585
 
 
1585unknown
 Privateer actively employed by Spain in 1585 with a Letter of Marque. He used Duinkerken as a bas...
Giovanni Dionigi15191536
 
15871587, Jun 21
 an Italian born corsair (privateer) who later became an Ottoman admiral (Reis), Bey of the Regenc...
Lady Mary Killigrew [3]1525 ca1540
 
15871587 ca
 Mary was the daughter of a former Suffolk pirate. Mary's husband Sir Henry Killigrew, a former pi...
William Irishunknown1587
 
 
1587unknown
 
Edward Brightunknown1560
 
15891589
 Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ...... English pirate. He was a memb...
John Cooke [1]1545 ca1560
 
15891600 ca
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber...
Lawrence Eliot1545 ca1560
 
15891600 ca
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber...
George Fortescue [1]1550 ca1560
 
1589unknown
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1563 and attended all his robber...
James Rance1545 ca1560
 
15891589 ca
 English pirate. He was a member of the crew of Francis Drake from 1560 to r.1567 and attended al...
John Chidleyunknown1565
 
 
1589unknown
 explored with John Davis….wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Chidley
George Fenner1550 ca1567
 
 
15891589
 Brother to Edward, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr ...... English pirate. Since 15...
Captain William Fenner Sr.unknown1567
 
 
15891589
 Uncle to Edward and George ......... English captain and pirate. He was the father of William...
John Callice1558 ca1570
 
 
15891587
 Born in Southeastern Wales, Callice moved to London as a youth, became a retailer and later joine...
Clinton Atkinsonunknown1580
 
 
15891583, Aug 31
  a 16th-century British pirate, active in the 1580s in the sea surrounding Devon and Cornwall in ...
Mark Buryunknown1580
 
 
15891589
 operated in the Atlantic. ..... English pirate. He served in the Atlantic. It was sunk by the...
Captain Flemingunknown1580
 
 
1589unknown
 Pirate. This notorious Elizabethan pirate did his country a great service by bringing to Plymouth...
Francesco Barbolani Dei Conti De Montautounknown1590
 
 
15901600 ca
 Knight of Saint Stephen .... Probably Italian pirate, known as the Knights of St. Stephen. Wit...
William Fenner Jr.1570 ca1590
 
 
15901600 ca
 son of William, cousin to Edward and George ...... English captain and pirate. He was the son...
Samuel Foxcraftunknown1590
 
 
1590unknown
 
Edward Glenhamunknown1590
 
 
1590unknown
 
Mrs. Peter Lambertunknown1580
 
 
1590s 9unknown
 Born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Thomas Fenner1550 ca1564
 
 
15911591
 Privateer ..... English officer and a pirate. He was a close friend of Francis Drake. Even a...
John Flegonunknown1591
 
 
1591unknown
 One of Ralegh's sea-captains
Thomas Cavendish15601587
 
 
15921592
 an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliber...
Abraham Cockeunknown1589
 
 
1593unknown
 Worked for John Watts
Captain James Langton1550 ca1585
 
 
1594unknown
 English captain and pirate. In his youth, he sailed as a seaman on board the Lords of Cumberland...
Sir Richard Hawkins1562 ca1593
 
 
15941622, Apr 17
 a 17th-century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", and the son of Admiral Sir Joh...
Richard Bestunknown1594
 
 
15941600 ca
 actively plundered Spanish ships in the Caribbean. ....... English Pirate of the Caribbean. I...
Thomas Drakeunknown1560
 
15951595
 an English pirate captain, commanded the ship Thomas for his brother Francis Drake during the cam...
Sir John Hawkins15321562
 
 
15951595, Nov 12
 an English naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder, privateer and sla...
Edward Fenner1550 ca1567
 
 
15951595 ca
 Brother to George, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr ..... English pirate. Since 156...
Thomas Moone1545 ca1572
 
 
15951595
 English captain and pirate, was originally a carpenter. He became a member of the crew of Franci...
Robert Crosse1570 ca1587
 
 
15951595
 English pirate. He was the brother of John Crosse. From 1585 he served in the Atlantic and Cari...
John Crosse15751591
 
 
15951595
 English cabin boy and a pirate. Brother of Robert Crosse. He became a member of the crew of Fr...
Sir Francis Drake1540 ca1563
 
 
15961596, Jan 27/28
 an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Drak...
Anthoney Hipponunknown1596
 
 
1596unknown
 
Shirahama Kenkiunknown1585
 
 
15991599
  a Japanese pirate of the late 16th-early 17th centuries, one of the first Japanese with whom the...
Dirk Gorissenunknown1590
 
 
15991599
 Privateer active in 1599 from the port of Duinkerken. In this year he was captured and he and his...
Ferdinando d'Aragonaunknown1600
 
 
16001600 ca
 Aragon (Spanish) pirate. He served in the Mediterranean and attacked mainly Venetian ships.
Willem Jansenunknown1600
 
 
1600unknown
 Dutch corsair based in Duinkerken and one time officer under Jacques Colaert........Dutch private...
Jan Janssenunknown1600
 
 
1600unknown
 Captured and converted to Islam in 1618. Became Governor of Oualidia……This Dutch privateer jo...
Edward Joliffeunknown1600
 
 
1600unknown
 
Anthonis Rijcxunknown1585
 
 
1601unknown
 Privateer active in the years 1585 - 1601 from Duinkerken. He had a letter of Marque from the Spa...
William Crastonunknown1590
 
 
1601unknown
 
Baltazar de Cordesunknown1598
 
 
16011601?
 a Dutch corsair who fought against the Spanish during the early 17th Century. Born in the Netherl...
Olivier van Noort15581598
 
 
16011627, Feb 22
 the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. His ships were poorly equipped, especially in the...
Marcantonio Calefati1545, May 11565
 
 
16021602, Nov 10
 On 12 March 1568, after he had already participated in the War of Malta (1565) and that of Hungar...
Jan de Bouffunknown1602
 
 
1602unknown
 a Dutch renegade privateer who, during the Dutch War of Independence, entered Habsburg service an...
Andries Dirksenunknown1602
 
 
1602unknown
 privateer in the service of Spain. He operated in 1602 from the port of Duinkerken. In August 160...
Grace O'Malley15301550
 
16031603
 chieftain of the Ó Máille clan in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father...
Sir Michael Geare1565 ca1584
 
 
1603unknown
 a 16th-century English sailor, privateer and merchant. One of the many Sea Dogs who plagued the S...
Sir James Lancaster15541591
 
 
16031618
 a prominent Elizabethan trader and privateer, active in India during the late 16th century. In 15...
Brother Ascanio Cambianounknown1602
 
 
1604unknown
 Knight of Malta. Captain General of Galleys
George Cliffordunknown1558
 
1605unknown
 an English peer, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to prepare an exped...
Jacques Germainunknown1606
 
 
1606unknown
 Knight of St. Stephan
Agostino Faenzounknown1607
 
 
1607unknown
 Knight of St. Stephen
James Harrisunknown1608
 
 
1608unknown
 One of Roberts's crew.
Murat Reis the Elder15341560
 
1608/381608/9/38
 an Albanian privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Navy. He is regarded as one of the most importan...
John Oxenham15361570
 
 
16091580
 Elizabethan Sea Dog and associate of Sir Francis Drake during the early years of the Anglo-Spanis...
Jan Claasenunknown1590
 
 
1609unknown
 Dutch privateer in the service of Spain in 1599. He sailed from the port of Duinkerken. He attack...
Adriaan Dirksenunknown1590
 
 
1609unknown
 Dirksen was vice-admiral and member of the board of admirals of Duinkerken in 1597. In May 1599 h...
Amyas Prestonunknown1590
 
 
16091609
 an English privateer of the Elizabethan period. Prestin came from Cricket St Thomas in Somerset. ...
Elizabeth Shirland15771590
 
 
1609unknown
 she was born around 1577 in Devonshire, England. Elizabeth and some of her family joined a group ...
Anthony Shirley15651590
 
 
16091637
 an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I caused the English House of Comm...
Cornelius Gollunknown1598
 
 
1609unknown
 
Mahieu Jacobsenunknown1599
 
 
1609unknown
 Privateer in the service of Spain at the end of the 16th and at the beginning of the 17th century...
Nicholas Alvelunknown1600
 
 
1609unknown
 an English pirate active in the Ionian Sea during the early 17th century. There is very little ad...
Laurens Cortsenunknown1600
 
 
1609unknown
 Privateer active in 1601 from the port of Duinkerken. In this year he was captured and he and his...
The Lord of Wackeneunknown1600
 
 
1609unknown
 The lord of Wackene, Cathen and Capelle (Anton) was born in the house of Burgundy. He was a priva...
Frans Pleiteunknown1600
 
 
1609unknown
 Privateer sailing from Duinkerken. He had a letter of marque from Spain. In August 1600 he sailed...
Frans Willemsenunknown1600
 
 
1609unknown
 Privateer sailing from Duinkerken. He had a letter of marque from Spain. In August 1600 he sailed...
William Baugheunknown1609
 
 
16091610 ca
 operated off the coast of Ireland. ...... English pirate, worked around Ireland.
Peter Bonitonunknown1609
 
 
16091615 ca
 Executed in France ...... English pirate. He served in the Caribbean and challenged on everyo...
George Somers1554, Apr1570
 
 
16101610
 an English naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company. He ...
Peter Loveunknown1590
 
 
16101610
 an English pirate, said to have been born in Lewes, Sussex. He was the captain of the Priam, and ...
Sir Francis Verney15841608
 
 
16101615, Sep 6
 an English adventurer, soldier of fortune, and pirate. A nobleman by birth, he left England after...
William Hughsunknown1611
 
 
1611unknown
 
Toby Glanvilleunknown1600
 
 
1613unknown
 Captured in 1613, committed suicide
Michael Duppaunknown1613
 
 
1613unknown
 pirate, plundering ships near Mamora, Morocco. n
William Clark [1]unknown1614
 
 
1614unknown
 Associated with James Gentleman
James Gentlemanunknown1614
 
 
1614unknown
 
David Middleton unknown1601
 
 
1615unknown
 
Thomas Franckeunknown1608
 
 
1615unknown
 
Sir Henry Mainwaring15871610
 
 
16161653
 an English lawyer, soldier, author, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 16...
Pietro Dortolo Giovonunknown1616
 
 
1616unknown
 Barbary corsair.
William Parkerunknown1587
 
16171617
 an English captain and privateer, and also Mayor of Plymouth. He was born near Plymouth and wa...
Christopher Newport 15611588
 
16171617
 an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, th...
Sir Walter Raleigh1554 ca1569
 
16181618, Oct 29
 an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He i...
John Ward [1]1552/531590
 
16191622
 a notorious English pirate around the turn of the 17th century who later became a Barbary Corsair...
Captain Simon Danziker1579 ca1600
 
16191611
 a 17th-century Dutch privateer and corsair. Danseker and the English pirate John Ward were the tw...
Ivan Dirkie De Veenboerunknown1600
 
16191620, Oct 10
  a 17th-century Dutch corsair. A privateer during the Eighty Years' War, he later turned to pirac...
Ward [2]unknown1600
 
1619unknown
 One of the first English pirates to establish himself on the Barbary coast in North Africa. By th...
Peter Easton [1]15701602
 
16191619
 a pirate in the early 17th century who operated along the Newfoundland coastline between Harbour ...
Giulio Barbolani Dei Conti De Montautounknown1610
 
16191619 ca
 Knight of Saint Stephen ..... Probably Italian pirate, known as the Knights of St. Stephen. He al...
Captain Bishop [1]unknown1610
 
1619[2]
 An Irishman. Chief mate to the pirate Captain Cobham.
Bishop [2]unknown1610
 
1619[1]
 In 1613, Bishop and a few other English seamen set up as pirates at Marmora on the Barbary Coast.
Cornelis Danielsenunknown1610
 
1619unknown
 Daniëlsen was a Dutch privateer who was active in the 17th century. On 31 May of 1619 he attacke...
Jenningsunknown1610
 
1619unknown
 A Welshman who in 1613 was settled on the Barbary coast with some thirty other British pirates.
Brother Gualterotti Bardiunknown1616
 
16201620 ca
 Probably of Italian origin. Member of the Knights of Malta. Sailed in the Mediterranean, plunderi...
Joost van Dykunknown1615
 
16251631 ca
 a Dutch privateer (and, reportedly, sometime pirate) who was one of the earliest European settler...
Jan Janszoon15701600
 
16291641 ca
 one of the most succesful corsairs of the Mediterranean sea. Like so many Dutch pirates Jan, of t...
Li Danunknown1600
 
16291625
 a prominent early 17th century Chinese merchant originally from Quanzhou in Fujian province. Li o...
Piet Hein1577, Nov 251607
 
16291629, Jun 18
 a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War between the Uni...
Henry Chandlerunknown1610
 
1629unknown
 Born in Devonshire, his father kept a chandler's shop in Southwark. An English renegado at Algier...
Jan Jacobsen1588/891610
 
16291622
 a Flemish naval commander and Dunkirker during the Eighty Years' War. He became a posthumous hero...
Jacob Willekens1564/711590
 
16391633/1649
 a Dutch admiral on a fleet to the Dutch Indies, and a herring seller, who went to sea again at th...
Daniel Elfrithunknown1607
 
16411641
 a 17th-century English privateer, colonist and slave trader. In the service of the Earl of Warwic...
Hendrik Brouwer15811606
 
16431643, Aug 7
 a Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator both in Japan and the Dutch East Indies. He...
Catalina de Erausounknown1585
 
1650unknown
 a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male ide...
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