Zymen Danseker

Zymen Danseker was a Dutch corsair among the early European renegades who joined the Barbary corsairs operating from Algiers and Tunis in the early 17th century, credited by some accounts with introducing northern European sailing-ship techniques to the Barbary fleets. He later sought a pardon from the French crown and briefly returned to Christian Europe. Accounts of his eventual death in Tunis around 1611 vary in detail.

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Real NameSimon de Danser
AliasesZymen Danseker; Simon the Dancer
Bornunknown
Diedc. 1611 (unverified)
NationalityDutch
Years Activec. 1600-1611
FateReportedly executed in Tunis around 1611 after falling out of favor with local authorities, though accounts vary

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