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Dutch Brazil ( Dutch: Nederlands-Brazilië ), also known as New Holland ( Dutch: Nieuw-Holland ), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas. The main cities of the colony were the capital Mauritsstad (today part of Recife ...
Brazil—Netherlands relations refers to the bilateral relationship between Brazil and the Netherlands.Brazil has an embassy in The Hague and a consulate in Amsterdam, and the Netherlands is represented by an embassy in Brasília and consulates in Belém, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, São Paulo and Vila Velha.
Nicolaes Visscher 's map shows the siege of Olinda and Recife in 1630. [1] The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century. [2] Considered the biggest political-military conflict in the colony, the invasions were centered on the control of sugar and slave supply sources.
The Dutch Golden Age ( Dutch: Gouden Eeuw [ˈɣʌudə (n) ˈeːu]) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the Rampjaar occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific developments, art and overseas colonisation was among the most prominent in ...
e. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the lands that now constitute Brazil were occupied, fought over and settled by diverse tribes. Thus, the history of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese arrived to the land that would become Brazil on April 22, 1500, commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, an explorer on his way ...
The ING Group ( Dutch: ING Groep) is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, wholesale banking, private banking, asset management, and insurance services.
Design. horizontal stripes in red, white and blue, with a crown and a gold monogram in the center. The Flag of New Holland, also known as the flag of Dutch Brazil, was the flag used by the Dutch West India Company for the territories that were under its control in Brazil from 1630 until 1654. In this period, Brazil was not granted its own flag ...
Dutch Brazilians are mainly descendants of immigrants from the Netherlands . The Dutch were among the first Europeans settling in Brazil during the 17th century. They controlled the northern coast of Brazil from 1630 to 1654. A significant number of Dutch immigrants arrived in that period. The state of Pernambuco (then Captaincy of Pernambuco ...