THE BATTLE FOR BRAZIL: Resistance, Renewal, and the War Against the Dutch, 1580-1654

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Examines a crucial turning point in the colonial history of Brazil and the enduring consequences of local and trans-Atlantic resistance to Dutch colonialism. Integrates Portuguese prophecy, myth, and tradition with on-the-ground action. Highlights the actions of once-marginalized men and women of European, African, Indigenous, and mixed descent who helped force final Dutch surrender by 1654. On both sides of the Atlantic, the battle for Brazil proved a spiritual venture and a reckoning, shaping a new world to come.