biography
pronunciation:
[kriynsen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (d.1669)
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| biography:
| Dutch commander in the Zeeland admiralty, probably born in Flushing, W Netherlands. He fought the English in the West Indies, defeating them in Suriname, and, when the English recaptured it, defeated them again in 1668. The Dutch then retained the whole colony. |
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