biography
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| lived:
| (1753–1822)
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| biography:
| US naval officer and merchant captain, born near Hempstead, New York, USA. He was successful as a privateer in the Revolution, and as a captain in the China trade. He became a naval captain (1794), and during the undeclared war with France captured the French Insurgente (1799) and defeated La Vengeance in a five-hour battle (1800). He also wrote books on navigation and naval tactics. |
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