 Jol was really more of a pirate (or rather privateer) than an admiral, raiding Spanish and Portuguese fleets and gathering large amounts of loot.He was nicknamed "Houtebeen" ("Perna de Pau" in Portuguese and "Pie de Palo" in Spanish), because he lost a leg during battle and became one of the earliest documented pirates to use a wooden peg leg.The Spanish also nicknamed him "El Pirata".