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Simon de Cordes

Simon de Cordes
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Simon de Cordes, né vers 1559 à Anvers et mort le à l'île Mocha, est un navigateur hollandais.

Flibustier, frère de Baltazar de Cordes, il est en 1598 le capitaine de la Liefde et le second de Jacques Mahu lors d'une expédition dans le détroit de Magellan. À la mort de Mahu, il prend la direction de l'expédition mais est tué par des indigènes ou par des pirates espagnols à l'île Mocha[1].

Jules Verne l'évoque dans ses romans Deux Ans de vacances (chapitre XXVII sous le nom de Cord) et En Magellanie (chapitre III)[2].

Notes et références

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  1. J. Burney, Voyage of Five Ships of Rotterdam, under the command of Jacob Mahu and Simon de Cordes, to the South Sea, In A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 186–204.
  2. Alexandre Tarrieu, Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne, vol. 1 : A-E, éditions Paganel, 2019, p. 214

Bibliographie

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  • E. Sluiter, The voyage of Jacques Mahu and Simon de Cordes into the Pacific Ocean, 1598-1600, 1933.

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