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Witte Corneliszoon de With
1599Mar, 28

Witte Corneliszoon de With

Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)
Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599 – 8 November 1658) was a Dutch naval officer. He is noted for planning and participating in a number of naval battles during the Eighty Years War and the First Anglo-Dutch war.

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