Claes Gerritszoon Compaen
Pirate, Ship owner
1587 – 1660
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Who was Claes Gerritszoon Compaen?
Claes Gerritszoon Compaen, also called Claas Compaan or Klaas Kompaan, was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he later turned to piracy capturing hundreds of ships operating in Europe, the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s.
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