First Battle of Guararapes

First Battle of Guararapes
Part of the Insurrection of Pernambuco

Batalha dos Guararapes by Victor Meirelles, 1875–1879
Date19 April 1648
Location
Morro dos Guararapes (present-day Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil)
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
West India Company
Kingdom of Portugal
Commanders and leaders
S. van Schoppe (WIA) Francisco Barreto
Filipe Camarão
Fernandes Vieira
Henrique Dias
André Vidal de Negreiros
Strength
5,000
5 cannons		 2,200
Casualties and losses
1,000
1 cannon captured		 480:
80 killed
400 wounded

The First Battle of Guararapes took place during the Insurrection of Pernambuco, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.

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