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Piet Pieterszoon Hein (Delfshaven, 25 novembre 1577 – La Manica, 18 giugno 1629) è stato un corsaro, pirata e ammiraglio olandese. Egli combatté sui mari nel corso della guerra degli ottant'anni per le Province Unite contro la Spagna , esercitando anche la guerra di corsa.
Piet Pieterszoon Hein (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish treasure fleet which transported huge amounts of gold and silver from Spanish America to Spain. [citation needed]
HEIN, Piet (Pieter) Pieterszoon Adriano H. Luijdjens Ammiraglio olandese, nato nel 1578 a Delfshaven (Rotterdam), morto nelle acque di Dunkerque il 20 giugno 1629.
Piet Pieterszoon Heyn, auch in der Schreibweise Hein, genannt Piet Hein, war ein Admiral der nordniederländischen WIC, die zur militärischen und wirtschaftlichen Schwächung der Spanier im Achtzigjährigen Krieg gegründet worden war. Bekannt ist er vor allem für die Aufbringung der spanischen Silberflotte vor Kuba 1628, die es ...
Piet Heyn (1577-1629), privateer of the Spanish treasure fleet, ranks as one of the great 17th-century Dutch naval heroes who fought for the might of the Dutch Republic at sea. He became a seaman at a young age and was taken prisoner by the Spanish in 1600.
Piet Heyn (born Nov. 15, 1577, Delfshaven, Neth.—died June 18, 1629, near Dunkirk, France) was an admiral and director of the Dutch West India Company who captured a Spanish treasure fleet (1628) with 4,000,000 ducats of gold and silver (12,000,000 gulden, or florins).
Piet Pieterszoon Hein (or Pieter Pietersen Heyn) (born: November 25, 1577 in Delfshaven / died: June 18, 1629 at sea) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty-Years War between the United Provinces and Spain.
