Cornelis Evertsen the Younger (

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, 16 April 1628 – Flushing, 20 September 1679) was a

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officer of the 17th century.{{citation, author=John Romeyn Brodhead, title=Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: new ser., v. 2 . Documents relating to the history and settlements of the towns along the Hudson and Mohawk rivers (with the exception of Albany), from 1630 to 1684, 1881, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VggMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA473, pages=473–, year=1881, publisher=Weed, Parsons{{citation, author1=Donald G. Shomette, title=Raid on America: The Dutch Naval Campaign of 1672-1674, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLZmAAAAMAAJ, year=1988, publisher=University of South Carolina Press, isbn=978-0-87249-565-4, author2=David Shomette, author3=Robert D. Haslach Cornelis was the son of Lieutenant-Admiral

Johan Evertsen Johan Evertsen (1 February 1600 – 5 August 1666) was a Dutch admiral who was born in the 17th century. Early life Like his five brothers, Evertsen started his military career as a lieutenant after the death of his father, "Captain Jan". He q ...

and the nephew of Lieutenant-Admiral

Cornelis Evertsen the Elder Cornelis Evertsen the Elder (4 August 1610 – 11 June 1666) was a Dutch admiral. Cornelis Evertsen the Elder was the son of Johan Evertsen and Maayken Jans; grandson of Evert Heindricxsen, a '' Watergeus'', both commanders of men-of-war of the ...

. He is not to be confused with his cousin Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest. Cornelis became master on his father's flagship the ''Hollandia'' in 1648; in 1651 he was for a time in the rank of lieutenant acting captain on the same vessel. He became captain of the ''Vlissingen'' in 1652, during the

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. In 1653 he was wounded while being his father's flag captain in the

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. In 1659 he became a full captain. In 1661 he sailed in the

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as captain of the ''Delft''. In July 1665, after the

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during the

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, he was appointed

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with the Admiralty of

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. He fought on the ''Zierikzee'' in the

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. He became Vice-Admiral of Zealand on 5 September 1666, the year in which his father and uncle were killed. He did not participate in the

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in 1667, because the Zealandic fleet wasn't ready in time. He fought in all battles of the

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on his flagship, the ''Zierikzee''. In the

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he participated in the failed attack against

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in 1674 under De Ruyter. In 1676 he fought for Denmark under Admiral-General

Cornelis Tromp Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, ''Count of Sølvesborg'' (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian ...

, then the Danish supreme commander, against Sweden. And in 1678 he operated against the French fleet in the Mediterranean and before the French West coast. Cornelis was an educated man who twice married wives from wealthy families; he died of an illness in Flushing.

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