What the records say
- When
- 31 Aug 1638 – 3 Sep 1638
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 23.01° N, 82.98° W
- Description
- 1638 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Cabañas
1638 naval battle
The Battle of Cabañas was an attempt in 1638 by Dutch privateer Cornelis Jol to capture the Spanish treasure fleet captained by Carlos de Ibarra. The naval battle, framed in the Eighty Years' War, ended with the Dutch fleet retreating after suffering heavy damage.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'amiral néerlandais Cornelis Jol échoue à deux reprises dans sa tentative de s'emparer de la flotte des Indes défendue par Carlos de Ibarra à la bataille de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page