Claes Gerritszoon Compaen
✓ Source-basedstablePrivateer and pirate
Lived 1587 to 1660 · aged 73
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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 turned to piracy and captured hundreds of ships operating in Europe, the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s.
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Lived 1587 to 1660 · aged 73
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