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Paul Beneke
Paul Beneke was a Danzig sea captain and privateer during the Anglo-Hanseatic War of 1469–1474. In 1473, commanding the Peter von Danzig, he captured the galley San Matteo, which carried Hans Memling's Last Judgment, and the triptych was taken to Danzig. He later became a local hero of Hanseatic seafaring.
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