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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Michiel de Ruyter, Maarten Tromp, Piet de Jong, Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Steven van der Hagen, Willem Joseph van Ghent, Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam, Witte Corneliszoon de With, Carel Hendrik Ver Huell, Cornelis Tromp, Lodewijk van Bylandt, Karel Doorman, Pieter Ita, Samuel Story, Johan de Liefde, Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, Cornelis Matelief de Jonge, Login Geiden, Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, Eugene Lacomble, Johan Arnold Bloys van Treslong, Pieter de Bitter, Willem van der Zaan, Adriaen Banckert, Cornelis Jol, Cornelius Cruys, Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Johan Evertsen, Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck, Philips van Almonde, Jacob van Heemskerk, Cornelis Evertsen the Elder, Engel de Ruyter, Hendrik Grave, Johan van Galen, Jan Jansse van Nes, Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Hendrick Lonck, Gerard Callenburgh, Jan van Brakel, Jochem Hendrickszoon Swartenhont, Jan Meppel, Joost Banckert, Abraham van der Hulst, Hendrick Lucifer, Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Jan Lichthart, Moy Lambert, Pieter van der Does, Johan Zoutman, Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke, Douwe Aukes, Cornelis de Liefde, Pieter de Geus, Jim de Booy, Abraham Crijnssen, Willem Haultain de Zoete, Aert Jansse van Nes, Auke Stellingwerf, Joos de Moor, Lodewijk Gerard Brocx, Volckert Schram, Laurens Jacobsz Alteras, Isaac Sweers, Enno Doedes Star, Jacob Binckes, David Vlugh, Pieter Floriszoon. Excerpt: Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1 May 1735 - 24 May 1819), or Count of Doggersbank, was a Dutch naval officer. Having had a good scientific education, Van Kinbergen was a proponent of fleet modernization and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics. In 1773, he twice defeated an Ottoman fleet while in Russian service. Returning to the Dutch Republic in 1775, he became a Dutch naval hero in 1781, fighting the Royal Navy, a...
