Papers by Mathieu Willemsen
Het leger van de West-Indische Compagnie in Brazilië (1630-1654), Special forces avant la lettre ?, 2024
This article focusses on the Dutch troops, fighting the Spanish forces in Brazil during the 17th ... more This article focusses on the Dutch troops, fighting the Spanish forces in Brazil during the 17th century. The way of fighting was typified by guerilla warfare, and the arms and equipment of the Dutch forces was aspecially adapted to this type of warfare. It was for example the first time in history that Dutch armed forces were armed with flintlock muskets instead of matchlock and wheellock.
Man At Arms, 2023
a general overview of the development of Dutch flintlock muskets during the 18th century
Zeemagazijn, 2021
this article describes the find of a unique musket of the Dutch West Indian Company, made in the ... more this article describes the find of a unique musket of the Dutch West Indian Company, made in the Culemborg gunfactory following a contract in 1776. It is part of the collection of the Amsterdam Maritime Museum
Arma, jaarboek van het Nationaal Militair Museum, 2022
A survey of the development of the infantry musket in the Dutch army in the period 1750-1790.
ICOMAM Magazine , 2020
a short article about a Dutch musket from a Swiss regiment in Dutch service, made 1743-1745. This... more a short article about a Dutch musket from a Swiss regiment in Dutch service, made 1743-1745. This musket was most likely used during the battle of Fontenoy, during the Austrian War of Succession.
Kleio, 2023
Article about the army of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil (1630-1654), focussing on the co... more Article about the army of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil (1630-1654), focussing on the composition of the forces and their armament. Outcome is that these units were specialized in both equipment and arms and functioned like present day special forces with guerilla tactics.
Dutch Muskets, Aspects of Eighteenth Century Firearms and Gunmaking in The Netherlands
Arms & Armour
Shagreen in Western Europe: its use and manufacture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Apollo the International Magazine of Arts, 1997
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Papers by Mathieu Willemsen