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Portugal's Secret War Against the Dutch East India Company
While the Spanish Habsburgs fought their global wars, Portugal found itself trapped in a two-front conflict during the Iberian Union. This episode explores the desperate, often overlooked naval war against the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie in the mid-seventeenth century. We focus on the strategic brilliance of José de Mascarenhas, Count of Sarzedas, and his defense of Estado da Índia from Amsterdam’s mercantile empire. Through the lens of the Battle of Macau and the siege of Malacca, we examine how a smaller navy with inferior firepower managed to hold off the world’s most powerful…
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