O corso neerlandês contra a Carreira da Índia no primeiro quartel do século XVII

Abstract

The present article aims to analyze the impact of Dutch privateering on the navigation between Portugal and Asia between 1598 and 1625. For that, Iprovide a reconstruction of the chronology of all known attacks by the Dutch on Portuguese Indiamen during the period, distinguishing in the process between attacks resultant from casual encounters at sea and attacks that resulted from planned efforts. Next Iattempt to establish the proportion of failed voyages of Portuguese Indiamen directly or indirectly caused by Dutch privateering among the total of failed voyages of Portuguese Indiamen in the period.