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English vessels. The following year, 1636, Vrolicq left with five vessels. Vrolicq again sailed in the
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merchant Johan Braem, who also sent a ship to the island. The Dutch tried to expel them from their anchorage in
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and the capture of fourteen French Basque whaleships in 1636, Vrolicq devoted himself to privateering.
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240:Avenir
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