How A Galley Slave Drove the Spanish Empire Into Bankruptcy

How A Galley Slave Drove the Spanish Empire Into Bankruptcy

At dawn of September 7, 1628, the man in the lookout spotted sails on the horizon. All hands rush on deck, orders sound through the air, the men ready their weapons. The Spanish treasure fleet is finally within their grasp. Piet Hein, the greatest privateer of the Netherlands, the sea wolf of the Dutch Republic, had been waiting for these ships for over a month. The following night he was to celebrate the greatest success of his career. He was to rob the hated Spanish of one of their most valuable goods: the treasure fleet from the New World.
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