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- Mauritsstad (or Mauritius) was the capital of Dutch Brazil, and is now a part of the Brazilian city of Recife. A Dutch fleet of 65 ships led by Hendrick...
- colonization of the Americas. The main cities of the colony were the capital Mauritsstad (today part of Recife), Frederikstadt (João Pessoa), Nieuw Amsterdam...
- the second biggest Dutch city in Brazil during colonial period after Mauritsstad), Pernambuco, Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte. During the 19th and 20th...
- The Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue in Mauritsstad (Recife) is the oldest synagogue in the Americas. An estimated number of 700 Jews lived in Dutch Brazil...
- Company conquered part of Brazil, and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad, present-day Recife) was founded. John Maurice of N****au prince of N****au-Siegen...
- large-scale production of sugar cane. At one point, it was known as Mauritsstad, when it served as the capital city of the 17th century colony of New...
- same year, the colony of New Holland was founded, with a capital in Mauritsstad (present-day Recife). In the meantime, the war demanded so many of its...
- Peter Schenk the Elder, after Frans Post: View of Mauritsstad, engraving, 1645 (Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro)...
- men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, joined in the area of Mauritsstad (modern-day Recife) in order to make a last stand. However, after fierce...
- of the territory of Dutch Brazil, renaming the city Mauritsstad. During this period, Mauritsstad became one of the most cosmopolitan cities of the world...