Moses Cohen Henriques

Moses Cohen Henriques (born c. 1595) was a Dutch pirate of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin.

Operating in the Caribbean, the total haul of his raids on the Spanish is estimated to be about 1 billion USD in today's value.

He aided in the capture of a Spanish treasure fleet in the battle of the Bay of Matanzas off the Cuban coast, during the Eighty Years' War, in 1628.

[1] Part of the Spanish fleet in Venezuela had been warned because a Dutch cabin boy had lost his way on Blanquilla Island and was captured, betraying the plan, but the other half from Mexico continued its voyage, unaware of the threat.

However, in 1654, the Portuguese recaptured the nascent colony, forcing Henriques and other Jews to flee from religious persecution.