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Sea Beggars
Sea Beggars, the name given during the second half of the 16th and early part of the 17th centuries to the independent Protestants who lived in what was later to be known as the Dutch Republic.
The Low Countries were at that time occupied by Spain with great severity and cruelty, and it was against the Spaniards that the Sea Beggars led a popular revolt. Their initial success was an amphibious operation at Brill in 1572, and in the following year they defeated a Spanish squadron off the port of Hoorn in what used to be the Zuider Zee. Two of the great Dutch naval heroes, Admirals Jacob van Heemskerk (1567–1607) and Piet Heyn (1578–1629), began their naval careers as Sea Beggars, and it was from these beginnings the Dutch Navy was established in the 17th century. See also warfare at sea. |
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"Sea Beggars." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sea Beggars." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-SeaBeggars.html "Sea Beggars." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-SeaBeggars.html |
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