| LC control no. | no 00090906 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Does, Pieter van der, 1562-1599 |
| Variant(s) | Does, Pieter von der, 1562-1599 Van der Does, Pieter, 1562-1599 Von der Does, Pieter, 1562-1599 |
| Associated country | Netherlands |
| Birth date | 1562 |
| Death date | 1599-10-24 |
| Place of birth | Leiden (Netherlands) |
| Field of activity | Netherlands--History, Naval--16th century |
| Profession or occupation | Navies--Officers |
| Found in | La invasión de Las Palmas por el almirante holandés Van der Does en 1599, 1999: p. 48, etc. (Pieter van der Does, 1562-1599) Ein schön lustig Reissbuch, 1612: page 4 (Admiral General Peter von der Does) page 41 (died midday October 24 [1599]) Wikipedia, Dec. 13, 2016 (Peter van der Does; born Leiden, 1562; in 1586 he became superintendent of the Dutch fleet which witnessed defeat of the Spanish Armada two years later; in Dec. 1588 became vice-admiral of west Holland; in 1597 he was vice-admiral in the Admiralty of the Maze, and in 1599 vice-admiral in the Admiralty of Amsterdam; in May 1599 he led a Dutch and Zeeland fleet to blockade the Iberian coast as part of the Eighty Years' War, attacking Las Palmas de Gran Canaria unsuccessfully en route; then attacked Spanish possessions in West Africa around Sao Tomé, where van der Does died, of wounds or malaria, 24 October 1599) |
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