"Pechelingue" - Pirates from Vlissingen (Flushing), NL
N 51° 26.450 E 003° 34.622
31U E 540104 N 5699006
"Pechelingue" is the spanish term for dutch privateers named after Vlissingen
Waymark Code: WMQ763
Location: Zeeland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/02/2016
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"Pechelingue" (From the dutch port of Flushing or Vlissingen; variant spellings Pichilingue, Pechelinga, etc.)
Term applied by the Spaniards for the Dutch pirates and privateers of the 16th and 17th centuries, and sometimes by extensions to pirates of other nationalities.
Source:
Pirates of New Spain, 1575-1742
of Peter Gerhard
Many dutch "privateers" raided the shipways to New England and the Spanish Main in the 16th and 17th centuries.
One famous is Simon de Danser the elder.
The "Arsenaal", a museum and fun building remembers at this glory old times of dutch pirates.
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Site Description: Museum
Date of Pirate Activity (Estimated): 16th and 17th century
Reference Web-link or Book Title: Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands by Virginia W. Lunsford, 2005
Site Admission (If needed): http://arsenaal.com/zeelands-most-exciting-day-out
Hours Available (If needed):
4 january - 13 february
Wednesday & Friday
12.00 - 19.00
Saturday & Sunday
10.00 - 19.00
14 february - 1 march
Daily 10.00 - 19.00
2 march - 29 march
Wednesday & Friday
12.00 - 19.00
Saturday & Sunday
10.00 - 19.00
30 march - 08 november
Daily 10.00 - 19.00
1 april
Closed
09 november - 20 december
Wednesday & Friday
12.00 - 19.00
Saturday & Sunday
10.00 - 19.00
21 december - 3 january
Daily 10.00 - 19.00
25 december
Closed
1 january
12.00 - 19.00
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Many cannons and training facilities around
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