Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625

Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625
Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil and Portuguese conquest of the Amazon

Statue of Pedro Teixeira in Cantanhede
Date1623–1625
Location
Gurupá, Xingu River
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Dutch West India Company
Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Luís Aranha de Vasconcelos
Bento Maciel Parente
Pedro Teixeira[1]		 Pieter Jansz[1]
Nicolau Oudaen[1]
Philip Purcell[1]
Casualties and losses
Estimated 15,000 indigenous killed[1]

The Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625 were a series of military expeditions organized by the Iberian Union to explore the Amazon River and expel Dutch, English, and other foreign factories established in the lower Amazon.[1]

They include the campaigns of Luís Aranha de Vasconcelos[1][2] and of Bento Maciel Parente.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Ibáñez-Bonillo, Pablo (2016). The Portuguese conquest of the Amazon Estuary : identity, war, frontier (1612-1654). pp. 377–406.
  2. ^ a b English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon, 1550–1646. 2018. pp. 77–84. ISBN 9781317143239.
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