Simon de Danser
Simon de Danser (* around 1579 in Dordrecht ; † around 1611 in Algiers , also known as cymes Danseker , Siemen Danziger and Simon Simonszoon ) was a Dutch privateer , and corsair of the 17th century. His last name is also spelled Danziker , Dansker , or Danser .
Danser and the English pirate Jack Ward were the two most famous renegades who operated along the barbarian states during the 17th century . Both are said to have commanded squadrons in Algeria and Tunisia, on par with their European counterparts; these represented an impressive naval force (similar to Baba Arudsch and Khair ad-Din Barbarossa in the previous century).
It is believed that he was teaching Turks and Moors how to get through the Strait of Gibraltar in sailing ships as early as 1601 .
literature
- Peter Lamborn Wilson : Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs and European Renegadoes . Autonomedia, 1996. ISBN 1-57027-158-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Padfield, Peter. Tide of Empires: Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West . London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. (p. 119) ISBN 0-7100-0150-9
- ^ Hugh Chisholm (Ed.) Encyclopaedia Britannica : A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information . (11th edition) Vol. III. New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910. (p. 383)
- ↑ Braudel, Fernand. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II . Vol. II. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995. (p. 88) ISBN 0-520-20330-5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Danser, Simon de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Danseker, Zymen; Danziger, Siemen; Simonszoon, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch pirate and corsair |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1579 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1611 |