Captain Lambert Hendriks has North African privateers hanged from yards and thrown off board, ca. 1619, Captain Lambert, sent with 6 ships from Holland after Algiers, has 125 captive Zee Roovers hanged and tied back to back in sight of that city. This action can be seen on fol: 117 (title on object), The ships of Captain Lambert Hendriks are moored off the coast of Algiers. The blood flag has been hoisted on the leading ship. 125 captured North African privateers are hanged from the yards of the ships and thrown off board tied together. This is said to have taken place around 1619. Numbered to

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