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The Portuguese Empire's Forgotten General: Matias de Albuquerque
In 1630, the Dutch West India Company launched an invasion of Brazil's northeast, capturing Recife and Olinda. The Portuguese crown, then under the Spanish Habsburgs, sent a veteran of India to lead the defense: Matias de Albuquerque. For fifteen years, he waged a brutal guerrilla war from a tiny redoubt called Arraial do Bom Jesus, holding out against the Dutch while managing a collapsing colonial economy. This episode dives into the forgotten general's campaign, his alliances with indigenous peoples and African maroons, the desperate Battle of Porto Calvo, and the political…
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