biography
pronunciation:
[van khahlen]
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| lived:
| (1604–53)
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| biography:
| Dutch admiral, born in Essen, W Germany. After joining the Dutch Navy in 1617 he had distinguished service in the Baltic against the Dunkirk privateers and Barbary pirates. In the first Anglo-Dutch War, when his squadron controlled the Mediterranean, he won the Battle of Leghorn, where he was severely wounded and died soon after. |
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