New Holland

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Dutch colonial possession former colony historical region

New Holland was the name given by the Dutch to their 17th-century colonial possessions in northeastern Brazil, known historically as Dutch Brazil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial possession ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dutch Brazil ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
surface form: Nieuw Holland
capital Mauritsstad ⓘ
colonialPower Dutch Republic ⓘ
commonLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
conflict Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
economyBasedOn slave labor ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
endTime 1654 ⓘ
establishedBy Dutch West India Company ⓘ
governingBody Dutch West India Company ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Dutch presence in Brazil ⓘ
early modern Atlantic world ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery

Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
northeastern Brazil ⓘ
majorCity Mauritsstad ⓘ
namedBy Dutch colonists ⓘ
notableGovernor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen ⓘ
surface form: John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
opposedBy Luso-Brazilian insurgents ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
partOf Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
predecessor Portuguese America ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Brazil
presentDayCountry Brazil ⓘ
presentDayTerritoryIncludes Alagoas ⓘ
Ceará ⓘ
Paraíba ⓘ
Pernambuco ⓘ
Rio Grande do Norte ⓘ
Sergipe ⓘ
parts of Bahia ⓘ
primaryReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
reconqueredBy Portugal ⓘ
reconquestCompletedIn 1654 ⓘ
ruledBy Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen ⓘ
surface form: John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen
sovereignState Dutch Republic ⓘ
startTime 1630 ⓘ
successor Portuguese America ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Brazil

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch Brazil → alsoKnownAs → New Holland ⓘ