- Jean Ango
infobox Pirate
name= Jean Ango
lived= 1480-1551
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nickname=
type=Privateer
placeofbirth=Dieppe, Seine-Maritime ,France
placeofdeath=
allegiance=France
serviceyears=1530s
base of operations=Atlantic Ocean
rank=Captain
commands=
battles=
wealth=
laterwork=Viscount of DieppeJean Ango (1480-1551) was a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Dieppe, Ango took over his father's business, and ventured into the spice trade with
Africa andIndia . In doing this, he was one of the first French to challenge the monopoly ofSpain andPortugal . He eventually controlled a fleet, partially or alone, of 70 ships. In 1531, after John III of Portugal had confiscated one of his ships, Ango got the French king's permission to respond. He harassed the Portuguese fleet in the Atlantic, and even threatened to block the port ofLisbon . The Portuguese king finally agreed to pay reparations.Ango was an intimate friend of king Francis I. In 1521 he was styled Viscount of Dieppe, and in 1533, after the king had visited him in his mansion in
Normandy , captain of Dieppe. By the time of his death, however, Ango was almost bankrupt after being forced to participate in a royal armament project. Ango, in his book "La chanson des pilotes", was the first to describe in writing the use of tobacco.ref|1Notes
Poirier, Jean-Pierre, "Lavoisier: Chemist, Biologist, Economist" (Philadelphia, 1996), p. 417.
Further reading
*Knecht, R.J. "Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I". New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521-57885-X
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-XExternal links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007593 Jean Ango] at [http://www.britannica.com Encyclopædia Britannica.com]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11104a.htm Normandy] at [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html The Catholic Encyclopedia]
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