Struggling for Brazil: Dutch, Portuguese and Spaniards in the 1640 Naval Battle of Paraíba
Over the years the 1640 naval battle of Paraíba (Brazil) has attracted the attention of several historians, including F.A. Varnhagen, H. Wätjen and J.C. Warnsinck, who made extensive use of Dutch sources. By combining the Dutch and Portuguese accounts, C.R. Boxer and, more recently, M.J. Guedes shed new light on the episode. The Portuguese material comprises the original papers of Fernando Mascarenhas, the commander in-chief of the armada. These papers are gathered in four voluminous codices and record events concerning the armada between April 1638 and October 1640. Written in Portuguese and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
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Amsterdam University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Dutch Brazil / Dutch West India Company / Portuguese America / Philipp IV of Spain / Fernando Mascarenhas / Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26675020 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/21083 |