Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Maererano naHoubraken akanga ari mwanakomana waPieter Jansz Schagen, nhengo inokosha yegungano reAlkmaar, uyo akadzidziswa kupenda kutanga naSalomon van Ravesteyn uye ipapo nomupendi wemabhiza Pieter Cornelisz Verbeeck. Akafamba nechikepe kuenda kuGdańsk kwaakagamuchirwa naJoost Brasser, ndokuzoenda kuElbing, kwaakagamuchirwa naBartholomeus Strobel. Schagen akapenda mufananidzo waMambo wePoland kuti "aratidze unyanzvi hwake hwokugadzira zvinhu" kwaari. Kubva ipapo akaenda kumusha kwenguva pfupi asati aenda nechikepe kuDieppe uye mberi kuParis, kwaakadhirowa mifananidzo yevanhu vazhinji vanokosha ikoko uye muOrleans. Muna October 1639 akafambazve, uye akayambuka English Channel achienda kuEngland. Akashanyira Admiral Maarten Tromp ikoko, uyo akamukoka kuzodhirowa ngarava dzake ndokucherechedza hondo yegungwa nokuda kwokufuridzirwa. Panguva iyoyo akanga ava kuda kuita
Hondo yeDowns vachirwa nevaSpanish vaitungamirirwa naAntonio D'Oquendo. Zvisinei, pashure pokucherechedza hondo yacho, Schagen akasarudza kudzokera kuNetherlands asina kukweva ngarava. Akagara muAlkmaar uko akava nhengo ye vroedschap sababa vake. Mushure meRunyararo rweWestphalia muna 1648 akaita rumwe rwendo kuenda kuBrabant naAdmiral van Dorp navan den Cornput van Dordrecht. Muna 1651 akaenda kuLiege neCologne. Akanga ari mutongi anoremekedzwa weimba yenherera muAlkmaar paakafa ava nemakore 52.