Cornelis Tromp
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Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Na
Tromp by Peter Lely
Anonymous Netherlands, Portrait of Cornelis Tromp, 18th century, mezzotint
The battle of Leghorn in 1653
The battle of Texel in 1673
Johan de Witt
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Johan de Witt was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial exp
Cornelis Tromp
…for some time, but after visiting the Mediterranean Sea, Tromp's fleet returned to Holland at the end of 1674. He was closely involved in the murder of Johan de Witt and Cornelis de Witt in 1672. In 1675, he visited England and was created an English baronet and a Dutch erfridder by Charles II of England, but he…
Portrait by Adriaen Hanneman, 1665
Wendela Bicker
Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy between the regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden Age
Portrait of Johan de Witt (after Jan de Baen)