The History of Brazil under the Governorship of Count Johan Maurits of Nassau, 1636-1644 /

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At its height in the first half of the 17th century, the Dutch West India Company controlled a scattered but sizeable portion of the western hemisphere, from present-day Albany, New York, to northeast Brazil. In 1647 Caspar van Baerle created a landmark historical narrative, which he published in La...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baerle, Caspar van, 1584-1648
Otros Autores: Ebeling Koning, Blanche T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)
West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) > History > 17th century.
Travel.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Brazilië.
Chile.
Brazil.
Chili > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Bresil > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Bresil > Histoire > 1624-1654 (Conquête hollandaise)
Chile > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Brazil > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Brazil > History > Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654.
History.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. History of the United Provinces and the War with Spain. Founding of the West India Company. Description of Brazil
  • 2. Count Johan Maurits' Voyage to Brazil. Battle at Porto Calvo. Administrative Affairs in Brazil
  • 3. Conquests in Africa. Expeditions to Sergipe and Ceara. Administrative Affairs in Paraiba and Rio Grande. Description of Paraiba. Sugar Production
  • 4. Count Johan Maurits' Failed Attack on Bahia. Questions of Trade Monopoly. Admiral Jol's Expedition to the West Indian Islands. Count Johan Maurits Designs Emblems for the Provinces. The Spanish Fleet Sails Past Recife
  • 5. Affair Arciszewsky
  • 6. Van der Dussen's Report on the Brazilian Territories. Sugar Production. Brazilian Flora and Fauna
  • 7. Vrijburg Palace and the Count's Gardens. Building Bridges across the Beberibe and Capibaribe Rivers
  • 8. Spanish-Portuguese Armada at the Coast of Brazil, January 1640. Battle at the Downs, October 1639
  • 9. Guerilla Warfare. Solar Eclipse. Slavery. Conquest of Sergipe del Rey. Portugal Rejects the Spanish Crown
  • 10. Conquests in Africa. Jol's Expedition to Sao Tome. Elias Herckmans' Expedition into the Interior
  • 11. Conquest of Maranhao. Treaties with Portugal
  • 12. Portuguese Rebellion in Maranhao and Sao Tome. Roulox Baro's Journey to the Indian Tribes. Jacob Rabe's Description of the Tapuyas
  • 13. Brouwer and Herckmans' Expedition to Chile
  • 14. Count Johan Maurits Prepares to Depart. Survey of His Eight-Year Governorship. Advice to the Councilors
  • 15. Administrative Affairs in the Brazilian Territories. The Count's Departure. His Report to the States General
  • 16. Praise for Count Johan Maurits' Conduct and Accomplishments as Governor-General of the Territory in Brazil, 1637-1644.

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