 Kubva muna 1630 zvichienda mberi, Republic yeNetherlands yakawana kutonga kwechikamu chikuru chokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBrazil kubva kuvaPutukezi. Dutch West India Company yakaisa dzimbahwe rayo muRecife; yakatumirawo tsika yekushivirira kwechitendero kumakoroni ayo eNew World, inonyanya kuzivikanwa kuDutch Brazil. Gavhuna, Johan Maurits, akakoka vashandi vemifananidzo nemasayendisiti kuti vabatsire kukurudzira kutamira kune imwe nyika itsva yeSouth America. Zvisinei, vaPutukezi vakarwisa ndokuwana rukundo runokosha muHondo yechipiri yeGuararapesmuna 1649. Pana 26 January 1654, Republic yeDutch yakapa uye yakasaina chibvumirano chokugovera kudzora kwekoloni yose yokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBrazil kuvaPutukezi. Pashure pokuguma kweHondo Yokutanga yeAnglo-Dutch muna May 1654, Republic yeDutch yakada kuti Nieuw Holland Dutch Brazil idzorerwe mukutonga kweDutch. Vachityisidzirwa nokurwiswa kweLisbon nokurwiswazve kwechamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBrazil, vaPutukezi, vakanga vava kutoita hondo neSpain, vakabvuma zvaidiwa neNetherlands. Zvisinei, mutungamiriri mutsva wezvematongerwe enyika weDutch Johan de Witt akaona kutengeserana kuchikosha kupfuura ndima, uye akaona kuti New Holland yakatengeswazve kuPortugal musi waAugust 6, 1661, kuburikidza neChibvumirano cheHague. 