AundJ's Piet Heyn Geocoin

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Pieter Pieterszoon Heyn (November 25, 1577 - June 18, 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain. In 1628, Admiral Heyn, sailed out to capture a Spanish treasure fleet loaded with silver from their American colonies and the Philippines.Part of the Spanish fleet in Venezuela had been warned because a Dutch cabin boy had lost his way on Blanquilla and was captured, betraying the plan, but the other half from Mexico continued its voyage, unaware of the threat. Sixteen Spanish ships were intercepted; one galleon was taken after a surprise encounter during the night, nine smaller merchants were talked into a
surrender; two small ships were taken at sea fleeing, four fleeing galleons were trapped on the Cuban coast in the Bay of Matanzas. After some musket volleys from Dutch sloops their crews surrendered also and Heyn captured 11,509,524 guilders of booty in gold, silver, and other expensive trade goods, without any bloodshed. The Dutch didn't take
prisoners: they gave the Spanish crews ample supplies for a march to Havana. The released were surprised to hear the admiral personally giving them directions in fluent Spanish; Heyn after all was well acquainted with the region as he had been confined to it during his internment after 1603. The treasure was the company's greatest victory in the Caribbean.
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Pieter Pieterszoon Heyn (November 25, 1577 - June 18, 1629) war einer der bekanntesten holländischen Piraten. 1607 heuerte er bei der Niederländischen Ostindien-Kompanie (VOC -> VOC Geocoin) an, und blieb bis 1612 in deren Diensten.
1628 geland es dem Admiral Heyn die spanische Schatzflotte in der Bucht von Matanzas kampflos zu kapern. Seine Beute betrug Schätzungen zufolge 12 Millionen Gulden, was einem heutigen Wert von ca. 1 Mrd. Euro entspricht (deshalb der Text auf dem Coin: "Dutch Admiral who found his Cache in 1628 in the Bay of Matanzas").
Piet Heyn, der schon zu Lebenszeiten populär war, wurde nach seinem Tod ein Volksheld - vor allem durch seinen erfolgreichen und blutfreien Raubzug gegen die Spanier. So wurden unzählige Gedichte und Lieder zu seinen Ehren geschrieben. Bekanntestes Lied ist wohl das "Lied over Piet Heyn", welches immer noch in Fussballstadien des Landes gesungen wird. Auch einige Straßen und Plätze wurden mit seinem Namen versehen und Gedenkstatuen errichtet.