Jacob Pieter van Braam photograph

Jacob Pieter Van Braam

Jacob Pieter Van Braam Life story


Jacob Pieter van Braam was a Dutch admiral. Van Braam joined the Admiralty of Amsterdam in 1748 as a midshipman. In 1751 he was captured by Barbary corsairs and would be a slave until 1753. On 25 February 1753 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1758 to lieutenant-commander.

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