The legacy of Dutch Brazil

Contents

Introduction : the legacy of an interlude / Michiel van Groesen, University of Amsterdam -- The geopolitical impact of Dutch Brazil on the Western Hemisphere / Wim Klooster -- Looking for a new Brazil : crisis and rebirth in the Atlantic world after the fall of Pernambuco / Stuart B. Schwartz -- From Dutch allies to Portuguese vassals : indigenous peoples in the aftermath of Dutch Brazil / Mark Meuwese -- From Brazil to West Africa : Dutch-Portuguese rivalry, gold-smuggling, and African politics in the Bight of Benin / Roquinaldo Ferreira -- Global connections : Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen's collection of curiosities / Mariana Françozo -- Breaking the Christian Atlantic : the legacy of Dutch tolerance in Brazil / Evan Haefeli -- How Dutch Brazil affects your emotions : the Antwerp Jesuit Cornelius Hazart on early colonial Brazil / Johan Verberckmoes -- Beyond Brazilian nature : the editorial itineraries of Marcgraf and Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae / Neil Safier -- Dutch Brazil and the making of free trade ideology / Arthur Weststeijn -- Heroic memories : admirals of Dutch Brazil in the rise of Dutch national consciousness / Michiel van Groesen -- Who owns Frans Post? : collecting Frans Post's Brazilian landscapes / Rebecca Parker Brienen -- Visual impact : the long legacy of the artists of Dutch Brazil / Julie Berger Hochstrasser -- Epilogue : mythologies of Dutch Brazil / Joan-Pau Rubiés.