A report on Groot Desseyn
Plan devised in 1623 by the Dutch West India Company to seize the Portuguese/Spanish possessions of the Iberian Union in Africa and the Americas, in order that the Spanish would not collect enough money for their war against The Netherlands.
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Dutch West India Company
3 linksChartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.
Chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.
A Groot Desseyn ("grand design") was devised to seize the Portuguese colonies in Africa and the Americas, so as to dominate the sugar and slave trade.
Dutch Gold Coast
3 linksPortion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1612.
Portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1612.
After the Twelve Years's Truce ended in 1621, the Dutch West India Company was established, which tried to seize the Portuguese colonies in Africa and America as part of the Groot Desseyn plan.
Dutch Brazil
2 linksColony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas.
Colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas.
As part of the Groot Desseyn plan, Admiral Jacob Willekens in December 1623 led a West Indische Compagnie (WIC) force to Salvador, which was then the capital of Brazil and the center of a captaincy famous for its sugarcane.
Piet Pieterszoon Hein
1 linksDutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
After capital had been raised for the Dutch West India Company, the company's directors, the Heeren XIX, devised the Groot Desseyn in October 1623.
Dutch Loango-Angola
1 linksName for the possessions of the Dutch West India Company in contemporary Angola and the Republic of the Congo.
Name for the possessions of the Dutch West India Company in contemporary Angola and the Republic of the Congo.
As part of the Groot Desseyn plan, the Dutch West India Company, which had been founded in 1621, tried to capture Luanda after they had captured Salvador da Bahia, the capital of Brazil.
Capture of Salvador
0 linksMilitary engagement between Portugal and the Dutch West India Company, that occurred in 1624, and ended in the capture of the Brazilian city of Salvador by the latter.
Military engagement between Portugal and the Dutch West India Company, that occurred in 1624, and ended in the capture of the Brazilian city of Salvador by the latter.
This capture was part of the Groot Desseyn plan of the Dutch West India Company.
Filips van Zuylen
0 linksDutch corsair active in the 1620s.
Dutch corsair active in the 1620s.
As part of the Groot Desseyn plan, he was particularly active against the Portuguese in West Africa but failed to capture the colony of Luanda, an important center for the Atlantic slave trade, in early 1624.