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Jan Cornelisz Lichthart (died 30 November 1646), also known as Johan or Johannes Lichthart, was a Dutch admiral in the service of the Dutch West India Company.〔("Maritieme kalender", Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum ) (Dutch)〕 He distinguished himself as a buccaneer, attacking Spanish and Portuguese fleets and forts in the Caribbean and South America, particularly along the coast of present-day Brazil. Lichthart, who had lived in Lisbon and spoke Portuguese,〔Robert Brock Le Page and Andrée Tabouret-Keller, ''Acts of identity: Creole-based approaches to language and ethnicity'', CUP Archive, 1985〕 played a major part in the Dutch struggle against the Portuguese for possession of Brazil from 1630 onwards (see further Dutch Brazil). For instance, a squadron under his command conquered São Luis do Maranhão from the Portuguese in 1641.〔(. H.J.M. Nellen and Cornelia M. Ridderikhoff (eds.), ''Briefwisseling van Hugo Grotius,'' Vol. 13, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1990 ) (Dutch)〕 And at Tamandaré on September 9, 1645, a squadron under his command destroyed a Portuguese squadron under the command of Jerônimo Serrão de Paiva. In 1630, he defeated a squadron of three Dunkirker ships following a pitched eight-hour battle.〔("Lighthart (Johan)" in A.J., Van der Aa., ''Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden'' ) (Dutch)〕 He died on 30 November 1646 in Brazil, near the São Francisco River, after "drinking cold water when he was much heated." 〔Robert Southey, ''History of Brazil'', Oxford University, 1817, p. 189〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Lichthart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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