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The Dutch in Brazil
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The Dutch West India Company was established in Amsterdam in 1621 and soon came into contact with the overseas domains of Portugal and Spain. The Dutch had already visited Brazil's coast, and possession of its brazilwood and sugar became an object of the new company. In May 1624 the Dutch seized the city of Salvador. By 1630 the Dutch occupied Pernambuco and had gradually expanded their conquests to the south into Sergipe and to the north into Maranhão. In 1637 Count Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) arrived in Recife, the captaincy (a political and administrative division of colonial times) of Pernambuco, to become the first Dutch governor. He was assigned by the Dutch West India Company to consolidate the Dutch settlements and economic interests in Brazil. The count was a good administrator of the city and of Dutch interests in general. His government was distinguished by the presence of men of distinguished learning, among them painters such as Albert van der Eckhout (1637-1664) and Frans Post (1612-ca.1680), as well as naturalists such as Zacharias Wagner (1614-1668), who documented Brazil's flora and fauna. In 1647 Count Maurits' biographer, Garpar Barleus (1584-1648), wrote Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia (History of Deeds Done in Eight Years in Brazil), considered the most important work about colonial Brazil. |
Em 1621 criou-se na Holanda a Companhia Privilegiada das Índias Ocidentais destinada a agir nos domínios ultramarinos de Portugal e Espanha. O Brasil, cujo litoral já vinha sendo visitado pelos holandeses atraídos pelo pau-brasil e pelo açúcar, tornou-se o alvo imediato da ação da Companhia. A primeira tentativa holandesa foi na Bahia, cuja cidade do Salvador foi atacada em maio de 1624. Em face da pequena oposição levantada pelos moradores, conseguiram desembarcar e logo ocupar a cidade.
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Hanc Tabulam continents laetam Pharnambuci [Including this rich map of Pernambuco / Encluindo este rico mapa de Pernambuco], Nicolaes Visscher, [ca.1640]. National Library of Brazil. Cartography Division. / Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Cartografia. This pictorial map shows the 1630 invasion of Pernambuco by a Dutch naval squadron commanded by Hendrick Corneliszoon. Este mapa pitoresco mostra o esquadrão naval holandês comandado por Hendrick Corneliszoon Lonck, na invasão de Pernambuco em 1630. |
[Maurice of Nassau-Siegen / Maurício de Nassau], from Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia [History of deeds done in eight years in Brazil / História dos feitos praticados durante oito anos no Brasil], Kaspar van Baerle, 1647. National Library of Brazil. Rare Books Division. / Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Obras Raras. Count Maurice governed northeastern Brazil for the Dutch from 1637 to 1644. Conde Maurício governou o nordeste do Brasil de 1637 até 1644, durante o domínio holandês. |
[Cover page / Folha de rosto], from Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia [History of deeds done in eight years in Brazil / História dos feitos praticados durante oito anos no Brasil], Kaspar van Baerle, 1647. National Library of Brazil. Rare Books Division. / Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Obras Raras. Count Maurice’s biographer, Gaspar Barleus, wrote what historians consider the most important work about colonial Brazil. O biógrafo do conde Maurício, Gasper Barleus, escreveu o trabalho considerado por muitos historiadores, o mais importante sobre o Brasil colonial. |
Ciriii, from Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia [History of deeds done in eight years in Brazil / História dos feitos praticados durante oito anos no Brasil], Kaspar van Baerle, 1647. National Library of Brazil. Rare Books Division. / Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Obras Raras. Frans Post, a Dutch painter who was one of the first European-trained artists to work in the Americas, accompanied the newly appointed Dutch governor to Brazil in 1637. He painted native peoples, landscapes, flora, and fauna, capturing the local atmosphere and topography. O pintor holandês Frans Post, o qual foi um dos primeiros artistas com treinamento europeu a trabalhar nas Americas, acompanhou o recem escolhido governante holandês enviado em 1637. Ele pintou povos nativos, paisagens, flora e fauna capiturando a atmosfera e a topografia local. |
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