South Atlantic campaign (1647–1649)

South Atlantic campaign
Part of Dutch–Portuguese War

German map of Dutch Olinda in Brasil, c. 1650
DateFebruary 1647 – June 1649[1]
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Territorial
changes
Portuguese reconquest of Luanda and São Tomé
Belligerents
Portugal VOC
WIC
Ndongo
Matamba
Commanders and leaders
António Teles de Meneses
Salvador de Sá
Unknown

The South Atlantic campaign (1647–1649) was a military naval campaign fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Dutch Republic in the South Atlantic Ocean, during the Dutch–Portuguese War.

Course of hostilities

Blockade of Bahia (1647–1648)

Reconquest of Luanda and São Tomé (1648)

Blockade of Rio de Janeiro (1649)

References

  1. ^ "Atlântico Sul (Fevereiro de 1647 a Junho de 1649)". Marinha (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2010.