Dutch Naval Officer: Cornelis Janszoon Gorcum

Luc Eekhout has a very short piece about Cornelis Janszoon Gorcum in Het Admiralenboek. He commanded in the fleet sent against Algerian privateers from 1618 to 1619. He served the Admiralty of Zeeland. He served as a temporary Vice-Admiral from 1 April 1618 until 3 March 1619. We know that on the expedition in 1618 to 1619, he served under Moy Lambert, who was the fleet commander. The documents that Mr. Carl Stapel found seem to indicate that in the first expedition, Cornelis Janszoon Gorcum was just a captain, while on the second expedition from May 1619 to October 1620, Cornelis Janszoon Gorcum was appointed as a temporary Vice-Admiral after Hillebrant Quast left the fleet on 29 May 1620.