This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Dutch naval officer: Daniël Elsevier
Daniël Elsevier lived from about 1640 until 26 February 1688. He commanded in the Four Days Battle, the Battle of Solebay in 1672, the two Schooneveld battles and the Battle of the Texel in 1673, and at Bornholm and Oland in 1676. He served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He was appointed a lieutenant in 1665. In 1672, he was promoted to captain. In 1683, he was a Schout-bij-Nacht. Finally, in 1686, he was appointed as a Vice-Admiral. This is from my translation of the piece in Luc Eekhout's Het Admiralenboek. We also know that he commanded the Stavoren (46 guns) in 1672 and the Zeelandia (44 guns) in 1673.
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