Abraham Crijnssen [SEP] conflict
Abraham Crijnssen
Abraham Crijnssen (?, Vlissingen – 1 February 1669, Paramaribo) was a Dutch naval commander, notable for capturing Surinam from the British in 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The minesweeper HNLMS "Abraham Crijnssen" and the frigate HNLMS "Abraham Crijnssen" have been named after him.
Life.
Life 1632-1665.
Crijnssen was probably born in Vlissingen. His date of birth is unknown. In 1632 he commanded the "Samson" and the "Vlissingen", two ships belonging
the move to sugar cultivation.
Conflict among the British, Dutch, and French continued throughout the seventeenth century. The Treaty of Breda sealed peace between the English and the Dutch. The treaty allowed the Dutch to retain control over the valuable sugar plantations and factories on the coast of Suriname which had been secured by Abraham Crijnssen earlier in 1667.
All the colonies along the Guiana coast were converted to profitable sugar plantations during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. War continued off and on among the three principal powers in the Guianas