Iberian capture of Providencia
| Spanish and Portuguese capture of Providencia | |||||||
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| Part of the Piracy in the Caribbean | |||||||
View of Providencia Island. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire | Providence Island colony | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Francisco Díaz Pimienta João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa | Andrew Carter | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,400 soldiers 600 sailors 10 ships | 600 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minimum |
770 prisoners 380 enslaved African & Indigenous 40 guns | ||||||
The Spanish and Portuguese conquest of Providencia took place on 17 May 1641 and was an amphibious expedition against the Piracy in the Caribbean in order to seize the island from its English settlers' control. The Spanish and Portuguese fleet carrying 2,000 men captured the island and took so much gold and slaves that the value of the plunder was estimated at above half a million ducats.
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