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Friday, July 01, 2005

Dutch Captain: Herman Munnich

Herman Munnich doesn't appear plainly in the published sources, as when C.T. Atkinson transcribed Jan Evertsen's journal and translated the text for The First Dutch War, he mistakenly read the name as "Hermes Mumincx". I happen to have a copy of the original handwritten journal, however, and the name is plainly Herman Munnich. The last letter is written as an "h", although the real name could well be Herman Munnick. He seems to have served the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier, and fought in the Battle of Dungeness in early December 1652. He was assigned to Pieter Florissen's squadron. The fleet was largely organized into squadrons by admiralty, although there were exceptions. I would think that Herman Munnich might be referenced in Pieter Florissen's handwritten journal from the same period, but from the translation in The First Dutch War, Vol.III, starting at page 199, he doesn't mention Herman Munnich. Sources:
  1. Jan Evertsen, Journal from December 1652 to March 1653, Nationaal Archief, Staten-Generaal, 1.01.05, inventory number 9320.
  2. Dr. S. R. Gardiner, and C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.III, 1906.

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