PRIMUS HISTORICUS, Levensschets van den Hollandschen zeeheld Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk

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Amsterdam, H. Moolenijzer, 1831, VI+88 pages, Saakes 9 (1831), p. 234, Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 – 5 February 1831), was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries