Region:  Brazil

Historical Overview

Dutch Brazil (New Holland)

• 1624: the Dutch seize Salvador de Bahia
• 1625: the Portuguese-Spanish recover Salvador
• 1630: the Dutch occupy Recife and Olinda
• 1637: Governor General Johan Maurits arrives in Dutch Brazil, completes conquest of Pernambuco (Dutch Brazil) to Sao Luis do Maranhao to the North and Sergipe del Rey to the South
• 1644: Johan Maurits departs from Dutch Brazil
• 1654: the Portuguese regain control of Pernambuco