Second Battle of Guararapes

Second Battle of Guararapes
Part of the Insurrection of Pernambuco

1758 ex-voto depicting the Second Battle of Guararapes[1]
Date19 February 1649
Location
Pernambuco, Brazil
Result Portuguese victory[2]
Belligerents
 WIC
 Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Dutch West India Company Van Den Brinck †[3]
Strength
3,500[4] 2,600[5]
Casualties and losses
1,045:
1,045 killed, wounded or captured[6]		 245:
45 killed[7]
200 wounded[8]

The Second Battle of Guararapes was the second and decisive battle in the Insurrection of Pernambuco between Dutch and Portuguese forces in February 1649 at Jaboatão dos Guararapes in Pernambuco. The defeat convinced the Dutch "that the Portuguese were formidable opponents, something which they had hitherto refused to concede."[9] The Dutch still retained a presence in Brazil until 1654 and a treaty was signed in 1661.[10]

  1. ^ In the caption next to the angel, you can see "1649 em huã Sesta Fr.ª; Aos 18 de Fer.ᵒ..." (1649 on a Friday; on February 18th...)
  2. ^ David Marley, p. 133
  3. ^ David Marley, Brincks army's disintegrates, the commander himself falling mortally wounded. p. 133
  4. ^ David Marley, Some 3,500 Dutch troops march out of Recife under Colonel Brinck (...) p. 133
  5. ^ David Marley, (...) confronting 2,600 Portuguese defenders under Governor Barreto dug in on the Guararapes Plain. p. 133
  6. ^ David Marley, Dutch losses total 1045 dead, wounded or captured (...) p. 133
  7. ^ David Marley, (...) 45 Portuguese killed and 200 wounded. p. 133
  8. ^ David Marley, p. 133
  9. ^ Charles R. Boxer, The Dutch in Brazil, 1624–1654. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1957, p. 215.
  10. ^ Francis A. Dutra, "Dutch in Colonial Brazil" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 2, p. 419. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. [ISBN missing]