Strong merchant ties between the Netherlands and Portugal resulted in the establishment of a truce which lasted until 1621, when fighting between the Dutch and Portuguese began.
The grandson of Duarte Coelho, Matias de Albuquerque, Calabar traveled from Spain to Brazil in order to coordinate the defense of the country from Dutch attacks.
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But it was the first Pernambuco who defected to the Netherlands, and if among all these were given to selection of one, would not have chosen another, so active, shrewd, enterprising and desperate he was, neither was there any better knew the country and the coast.The Dutch had gained the upper hand, conquering more and more territories, including the towns of Goiás and Igaraçu, the island of Itamaracá, and the fort of Rio Formoso.
Calabar's help was so valuable that even the Three King's Fortress (Forte dos Reis Magos), in Rio Grande do Norte, fell under the domination of the Dutch.
Pudsey, an English mercenary in the service of Holland, described Calabar with great admiration: Never met a man so adapted to our purposes (...) because he took a small ship and landed us in enemy territory at night, where the inhabitants pilhávamos & much more damage he could cause his countrymen, was his greatest joy.The conflict between the Spanish and Portuguese and the Dutch lasted five years.
Robert Southey, a historian, says of this: With much patience received the death, giving many signs of sincere contrition for all his misdeeds, accompanied by so devout hope of forgiveness.
Prince Maurice contributed to the idea that the Dutch colonization would be better than others, something inconsistent compared to the same look on his retirement from Brazil, where he was accused of prejudice to the Company of the West Indies, and have taken the classic model of exploitation exhaustive - which forced the revolt of Brazilians, among them André Vidal de Negreiros, Filipe Camarão and Henrique Dias - treated as heroes of the expulsion of the Netherlands.