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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Witte Corneliszoon de With

Battles of Witte Corneliszoon de With

Dutch admiral (1599–1658)

Witte Corneliszoon de With is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1628 and 1658: 5 naval actions across 4 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (2), Cuba (1), Brazil (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 23,517 km apart end to end, 5,879 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (2), Dutch–Portuguese War (1), First Anglo-Dutch War (1).

Battle in the Bay of MatanzasBattle of the DownsAction at Tamanana, 9 September 1645Battle of the GabbardBattle of the SoundBattle in the Bay of MatanzasBattle of the DownsAction at Tamanana, 9 September 1645Battle of the GabbardBattle of the SoundChicagoLimaKinshasaMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlantaHoustonMonterreyAthens5000 km23.495N, 34.408W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1628: 1 engagements1 in 16281639: 1 engagements1 in 16391645: 1 engagements1 in 16451653: 1 engagements1 in 16531658: 1 engagements1 in 165816281658
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628Battle of the Downs, 1639Action at Tamanana, 9 September 1645, 1645Battle of the Gabbard, 1653Battle of the Sound, 165816281658
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 September 1628Battle in the Bay of MatanzasMatanzas Bay, CubaDutch victory
21 October 1639Battle of the DownsEnglish Channel, United Kingdom7,537 km NEDutch victory
1645Action at Tamanana, 9 September 1645Brazil7,535 km SWPortuguese victory
3 June 1653Battle of the GabbardSuffolk, United Kingdom7,610 km NEEnglish victory
29 October 1658Battle of the SoundØresund, Denmark835 km NEDutch victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Abraham van Westerveld, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.