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Hein was born in Delfshaven (now part of Rotterdam), the son of a captain, and he became a sailor while he was still a teenager. In his twenties, he was captured by the Spanish, and served as a galley-slave for about four years, when he was traded for Spanish prisoners.
In 1607, he joined the Dutch East India Company and left for Asia, returning with the rank of captain five years later. He settled in Rotterdam, and later became a member of the local government (schepen).
In 1623, he became a vice- admiral and sailed to the West Indies the following year for the Dutch West India CompanyThe Dutch West India Company ( Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC was a company of Dutch merchants. On June 3, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The area where the company c (WIC). In BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America., he briefly captured the PortugueseRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 km˛0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World settlement of SalvadorSalvador (in full, Sao Salvador da Baia de Todos os Santos meaning "Holy Savior of the Bay of All Saints") is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. It was for a long time known as the city of Bahia and ap. In a subsequent trip, he captured several Portuguese ships with a large cargo of sugarThis article deals with sugar as food and as an important, widely traded commodity; the word also has other uses; see Sugar (disambiguation A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alte. Piracy was condoned by the WIC, but this is, in fact, what made Hein most famous.
In 1628Events March 1 writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date August 10 The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship HMS Wasa sinks on her maiden voyage September 6 Puritans se, Hein sailed out to capture the Spanish treasure fleetBetween the 16th and 18th centuries, the Spanish treasure fleets brought the wealth of the Spanish colonies in Central and South America to Spain, in the form of silver, gold, gems, spices, cocoa and other exotic goods. Another fleet called the Manila gal loaded with silver from their American colonies. Part of this fleet had been warned because Hein had been spotted, but the other half continued its voyage. Twelve Spanish ships were trapped off the Cuban coast in the Bay of Matanzas, and Hein captured about twelve million guilders of booty in gold, silver and other expensive trade goods. The treasure was the company's greatest victory in the Caribbean. As a result, the money funded the Dutch army for eight months and the shareholders enjoyed a cash dividend of 70% for that year. He returned to the Netherlands in 1629, where he was hailed as a hero.
He became Lieutenant-Admiral in 1629. He died the same year, fighting the Dunkirk pirates. He is buried in the Oude Kerk in Delft.
The Piet Hein Tunnel in Amsterdam is named in his honor, as is the former Dutch frigate Hr. Ms. Piet Heyn.
A direct descendant of Hein was Piet Hein, a famous 20th century physicist and poet.
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