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Sunday, June 12, 2005

Dutch Captain: Cornelis Mangelaer

Cornelis Mangelaer was apparently brother of Frans Crijnssen Mangelaer. He was commander of a 26-gun bus convoyer from Zierikzee. He served the Admiralty of Zeeland. He distinguished himself especially in Brazil, where he defeated an 18-gun English ship in 1652. He only joined Tromp's fleet in the Downs on September 27, 1639. Sources:
  1. Dr. M.G. De Boer, Tromp en de Armada van 1639, 1941.

  2. Charles R. Boxer, The Journal of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp Anno 1639, 1930.

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