War

Dutch–Portuguese War

1601 – 1661 · 0.00° N, 30.00° W

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When
1601 – 1661
Kind
War
Coordinates
0.00° N, 30.00° W
Description
war (1602–1663) between the Dutch and Portuguese colonial empires

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Dutch–Portuguese War

Conflict for sea dominance (1598–1663)

The Dutch–Portuguese War was a global armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the Dutch West India Company (GWC), and their allies, against the Iberian Union, and after 1640, the Portuguese Empire. Beginning in 1598, the conflict primarily involved the Dutch companies and fleet invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.

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