Dutch invasions of Brazil
The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century.
The Battle of Guararapes
The English privateer James Lancaster seized the richest treasure in the history of Elizabethan English privateering in Recife with Dutch help during the Anglo-Spanish War.
A painting depicting the reconquest of Salvador by Spanish and Portuguese troops (1635).
Siege of Olinda and Recife.
The recapture of Bahia was a Spanish–Portuguese military expedition in 1625 to retake the city of Bahia in Brazil from the forces of the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
The Recovery of Bahía de Todos los Santos, by Fray Juan Bautista Maíno, Museo del Prado.
A Dutch Squadron attacking a Portuguese Fortress in the Far East or Brazil. Oil on panel by Adam Willaerts.
Engraving by Benedictus Mealius Lusitanus, in Jornada dos Vassalos da Coroa de Portugal, Lisbon, 1625.