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Topic: Guararapes, First Battle of

Guararapes, First Battle of

Years: 1648 - 1648

The First Battle of Guararapes is a battle in a conflict called the Pernambucana Insurrection, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.

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