In 1628, Piet Heyn captured the Spanish Silver Fleet, an event that brought the Dutch Republic an unprecedented financial victory and dealt a severe blow to Spanish global power. This book reconstructs this expedition step by step, using primary seventeenth-century sources, Dutch West India Company (WIC) documents, maps, and ship lists. The reader follows Heyn’s life from his youth in Delfshaven and his years as a galley slave to his service with the VOC and his role as Vice-Admiral of the WIC. His expeditions to Brazil, the capture of Salvador da Bahia, privateering in the Caribbean, and the hunt for the Silver Fleet are described in a clear and accessible narrative. This work demonstrates how maritime strategy, trade, and politics converged in one of the most impressive enterprises in Dutch history. More information about the author can be found at www.GaetanAlgoet.eu.