Isaac Rochussen (Dutch corsair & privateer)

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Isaac Rochussen (Dutch corsair & privateer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Rochussen
http://zeerovery.nl/history/rochussn.htm

Isaac Rochussen or Isaac Rockesen (1631–1710) was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and privateer during the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Dutch_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War


His capture of The Falcon, a merchantman belonging to the East India Company, was one of the most valued ships captured during the late 17th century.

He captured the English East India merchantman, The Falcon near the Isles of Scilly on July 7, 1672.

The prize was sold at as 350,000 gilders, the highest paid for the time when an average ship and cargo went for only a few thousand or, at best, tens of thousands of gilders.
The Falcon was thereafter referred to by the Dutch as De Gouden Valk (or The Golden Falcon).