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Tromp, Martin Harpertzoon
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Famous Dutch admiral, born at Briel; trained to the sea from his boyhood, in 1637 was created lieutenant-admiral, and in two years' time had twice scattered Spanish fleets; defeated by Blake in 1652, but six months later beat back the English fleet in the Strait of Dover, after which he is said to have sailed down the Channel with a broom to his masthead as a sign he had swept his enemies from the seas; in 1653Blake renewed the attack and inflicted defeat on him after a three days' struggle; in June and July Tromp was again defeated by the English, and in the last engagement off the coast of Holland was shot dead (1597-1653).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tromp, Martin Harpertzoon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tromp-martin-harpertzoon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tromp, Martin Harpertzoon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tromp-martin-harpertzoon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.