- Isaac Rochussen
Infobox Pirate
name = Isaac Rochussen
lived = 1631-1710
caption =
nickname =
type =Corsair
placeofbirth =Vlissingen ,Netherlands
placeofdeath =
allegiance =Netherlands
serviceyears = 1650s-1670s
base of operations =Vlissingen
rank = Captain
commands = De Eendracht
battles =Second Anglo-Dutch War Third Anglo-Dutch War
Capture of The Falcon (1672)
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laterwork = PrivateerIsaac Rochussen or Isaac Rockesen (1631-1710) was a 17th century Dutch corsair and privateer during the Second and
Third Anglo-Dutch War . His capture of the "The Falcon", a merchantman belonging to the East India Company, was one of the most valued ships captured during the late 1600s.Biography
Isaac Rochussen was born in the city of
Vlissingen , although little of his life is recorded. An active corsair sometime during the Second andThird Anglo-Dutch War , he captured the English East India merchantman "The Falcon" near theIsles of Scilly on July 7, 1672. [Bruijn, J.N. "Dutch Privateering during the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars". "The Low Countries History Yearbook, XII" (1978): 91.] The prize was sold at as 350,000 gilders, the highest paid for the time when an average ship and cargo went for only a few thousand or, at best, tens of thousands of gilders. The Falcon was thereafter referred to by the Dutch as "De Gouden Valk" (or The Golden Falcon). Rochussen himself received a gold medal from the ships´ owner for this capture. He later became a successful privateer in his later years, a trade followed by his son Isaac Rochussen, Jr., before his death in 1710. [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/5213/rochussn.htm |title=Privateers and Pirates: Isaac Rochussen |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author=Bruyneel, M. |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2005 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Isle of Tortuga |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]References
Further reading
*Prud'Homme van Reine, R.B. and E.W. van der Oest. "Kapers op de kust: Nederlandse kaapvaart en piraterij, 1500-1800". Vlissingen: ADZ Vlissingen, 1991.
*Nagtglas, F. "Levensberichten van Zeeuwen: Zijnde een vervolg op P. de la Rue, Geletterd, Staatkundig En Heldhaftig Zeeland". Middelburg: J.C. & W. Altorffer, 1893.
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