Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625
| Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625 | |||||
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| Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil and Portuguese conquest of the Amazon | |||||
Statue of Pedro Teixeira in Cantanhede | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Portuguese Empire |
Dutch West India Company Kingdom of England | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Luís Aranha de Vasconcelos Bento Maciel Parente Pedro Teixeira |
Pieter Jansz Nicolau Oudaen Philip Purcell | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Estimated 15,000 indigenous killed | |||||
The Portuguese campaigns of 1623–1625 were a series of military expeditions organized by the Iberian Union to explore the Amazon River and expel Dutch, English, and other foreign factories established in the lower Amazon.
They include the campaigns of Luís Aranha de Vasconcelos and of Bento Maciel Parente.