Cornelis Jol

Cornelis Jol
Modern-day interpretation of Cornelis Cornelisz. Jol, as pictured in the Museo Puerta de Tierra in Campeche, Mexico.
Born	1597 Scheveningen, Dutch Republic
Died	31 October 1641 (aged 43–44) São Tomé, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
Piratical career
Nickname	Houtebeen (Dutch) Perna de Pau (Portuguese) Pie de Palo (Spanish) El Pirata (Spanish)
Type	Corsair
Allegiance	Dutch Republic
Years active	1620s–1640s
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	Eighty Years' War Jan Janszoon van Hoorn's expedition of 1633 Battle of Cabañas Battle of the Downs Dutch-Portuguese War Capture of Luanda Capture of São Tomé

Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol (baptised 9 January 1597 ^[1] – 31 October 1641), nicknamed Houtebeen ("pegleg"), was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and admiral in the Dutch West India Company during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic. He was one of several early buccaneers to attack Campeche, looting the settlement in 1633, and was active against the Spanish in the Spanish Main and throughout the Caribbean during the 1630s and 40s.

Jol was really more of a pirate (or rather privateer) than an admiral, raiding Spanish and Portuguese fleets and gathering large amounts of loot. When he was young he lost a leg for some unknown reason. ^[2] He was therefore nicknamed Houtebeen (Perna de Pau in Portuguese and Pie de Palo in Spanish), and became one of the earliest documented pirates to use a wooden peg leg. The Spanish also nicknamed him El Pirata.