Jørgen Jørgensen was a Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution. During the action of 2 March 1808, his ship was captured by the British. In 1809 he sailed to Iceland, declared the country independent from Denmark–Norway and pronounced... Wikipedia
Born: March 29, 1780, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: January 20, 1841 (age 60 years), Hobart, Australia
Parents: Jurgen Jurgensen and Anna Leth Bruun
Spouse: Norah Corbett (m. 1831–1840)
Nationality: Danish and Icelandic
Known for: Privateering; Exploring Tasmania
Books
The convict king
1891
Jorgen Jorgenson and the Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land: Being a Reconstruction of His "lost" Book on Their Customs and Habits, and on His Role in the Roving Parties and the Black Line
The Religion of Christ is the Religion of Nature. Written in the Condemned Cells of Newgate
1827
The Convict King: Being the Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson, Monarch of Iceland, Naval Captain, Revolutionist, British Diplomati
Travels Through France and Germany, in the Years 1815, 1816, & 1817: Comprising a View of the Moral, Political, and Social State of Those Countries. Interspersed with Numerous Historical and Political Anecdotes, Derived from Authentic Sources
1817
A Shred of Autobiography