{"id":4214,"date":"2025-01-13T05:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2025-01-13T05:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:11:31","slug":"raid-on-america-2-kees-the-devil-sails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/raid-on-america-2-kees-the-devil-sails\/","title":{"rendered":"Raid on America 2: Kees the Devil Sails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2924\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/content.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/content.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/content.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/content.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4214-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/content.blubrry.com\/the_history_of_the_americans\/Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_173_Raid_on_America_2_mixdown.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is the second of three episodes about a daring Dutch raid on the West Indies and the English colonies of North America during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The extended raid, led by Commander Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest of the Admiralty of the Dutch province of Zeeland and a privateer named Jacob Benckes, was a sideshow in that war, yet its consequences were far-reaching. \u00a0Among other accomplishments, Evertsen, known to his fans as Kees the Devil, and Benckes, \u201csubdued three English colonies, depopulated a fourth, captured or destroyed nearly 200 enemy vessels, inflicted a serious injury upon the Virginia tobacco trade, wiped out the English Newfoundland fisheries, and caused unending panic in the New England colonies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This episode covers the first phase of the &#8220;raid on America,&#8221; in which Evertsen&#8217;s squadron sails from Zeeland for the South Atlantic, aiming to capture the English East India fleet at St. Helena. Failing that, the squadron sailed for South America and the Indies, eventually meeting up with Benckes at Martinique.  After capturing prizes and burning down St. Eustatius, the episode ends with Evertsen and Benckes headed toward the rich tobacco fleet then gathering in the Chesapeake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X\/Twitter \u2013 @TheHistoryOfTh2 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheHistoryOfTh2\">https:\/\/x.com\/TheHistoryOfTh2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Facebook \u2013 The History of the Americans Podcast \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HistoryOfTheAmericans\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HistoryOfTheAmericans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Selected references for this episode (Commission earned for Amazon purchases through the episode notes on our website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Donald G. Shomette and Robert D. Haslach,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Pf9bvF\">Raid on America: The Dutch Naval Campaign of 1672-1674<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Map of the land campaign against the United Provinces in the Third Anglo Dutch War:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Land-campaign-of-the-Third-Anglo-Dutch-War.jpg?resize=270%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Land-campaign-of-the-Third-Anglo-Dutch-War.jpg?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehistoryoftheamericans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Land-campaign-of-the-Third-Anglo-Dutch-War.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War\">Third Anglo-Dutch War<\/a>\u00a0(Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cornelis_Evertsen_the_Youngest\">Cornelis Evertsen The Youngest<\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wethefifth.com\/\">The Fifth Column Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second of three episodes about a daring Dutch raid on the West Indies and the English colonies of North America during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. 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