Boudewijn Hendricksz
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Boudewijn Hendricksz was a Dutch corsair and later Admiral. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of San Juan during the Eighty Years' War, in which he tried but failed to capture San Juan from
Castillo San Felipe del Morro. Despite concerted effort, Boudewijn Hendricksz was unable to overcome the fortress.
Hendricksz 1625 attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico
Seventeenth-century Spanish painting commemorating Hendricksz's defeat at San Juan de Puerto Rico; by Eugenio Caxés, Museo del Prado
Joost van Dyk
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Joost van Dyk was a Dutch privateer who was one of the earliest European settlers in the British Virgin Islands in the seventeenth century, and established the first permanent settlements within the T
Jost Van Dyke, the island named after the privateer
Fort Recovery
Remains of Fort George