XVII Century
Dutch Brazil I ( 1600 - 1636 )
1600 Dutch forts at the beginning of XVII century |
Two wooden forts (Fort Nassau and Fort Oranije) on the eastern shore of the Xingu River are built by colonists from Zeeland. |
1616
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A
Zeeland expedition under the command of Pieter Adriaenszoon Ita sails
with 150 men. They arrive on the shore of the Ginipape River where they
build a fort on a peninsula. This colony survives for six years. Historical
information about these settlements is incomplete, but for the first twenty
years of the XVII century the Dutch hold some forts in this region. Here
they trade with the natives.
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Dutch
West Indies Company (WIC) is founded in Amsterdam so as to regulate
and protect the contreband trade being carried by the Dutch in the American
and African possessions of Spain and Portugal and establish colonies on
both continents. The Dutch set their eyes on the most important town of
Portuguese Brazil: Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos.
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1624 |
Dutch
troops land a few miles from Salvador, advance and enter the town
in the morning of 10 May 1624. The Portuguese governor, Diogo de Mendonça
surrenders. Johan Van Dort becomes governor of the city.
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1625
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A
combined Spanish-Portuguese armament recovers Salvador.
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1628
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Piet Heyn
after a battle takes over a Spanish galleon full of gold and silver which
allows the Dutch to form a new force.
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1630
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A
fleet sent by the WIC of 67 ships, 1170 guns and 7000 men under general
Hendrick Corneliszoon Lonck captures Pernambuco, the metropolis of a rich
sugar growth district in the north of Brazil. The Dutch are masters of
Recife, Olinda and the island of Antonio Vaz.
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1631
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A Dutch expedition of 366 men under the command of Crestofle d Artischau
Arciszewski, a Polish captain, is sent to the island of Itamaracá.
Fort Orange is built in the extreme south.
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1632
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A Portuguese Mulatto, Domingo Fernandes Calabar deserts to the Dutch. He was born at Porto Calvo (Alagoas) and he knows the country very well; his desertion is very useful for the Dutch. |
1633
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Van Ceulen captures the Fort of Reis Magos (Dutch Fort Ceulen) at the mouth of the Rio Grande. |
The
West Indies Company allows free trade. The Dutch conquer the city of Paraíba.
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1635
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St
Augustine cap falls to the Dutch.The Dutch control the entire coastline
from Cabo de Santo Agostinho to Rio Grande.
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The WIC directorate decide to put a Colonial Governor at the head of the Brazilian colony or Nieuw Holland.32-year old Johan Maurits, count of Nassau – Siegen is the man selected for this office. |
work submitted for Twinsite 2000 - Lycée Pasteur, Curso Experimental Bilingue, São Paulo - Brazil .
Alexandre Giraud - Danilo Machado - Barbara Dieu