What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 1606
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.41° N, 101.85° E
- Description
- 1606 naval engagement between Dutch and Portuguese fleets
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Cape Rachado
1606 naval engagement between Dutch and Portuguese fleets
The Battle of Cape Rachado, off Cape Rachado in 1606, was an important naval engagement between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Portuguese Navy.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cape Rachado: A Dutch fleet is defeated by the Portuguese”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Hollandais de Cornelis Matelief, alliées au sultan de Johor, assiègent Malacca”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Una flota holandesa es derrotada por los portugueses en la Batalla de Cabo Rachado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page