Invasion of Surinam (1667)

Invasion of Surinam (1667)
	Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Date	25-27 February 1667.
Location	Suriname
Result	Dutch Victory Surinam Captured; English pay 100,000 Pounds of Sugar to the Dutch;
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	England
Commanders and leaders
Abraham Crijnssen	William Byam
Strength
7 Ships	200 english man; great number of black slaves
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Invasion of Surinam was a Dutch attempt to capture the English held colony of Surinam in February 1667. The Dutch under the command of Abraham Crijnssen captured the colony without much resistance.

^ Cruttwell, Clement (1808). The New Universal Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary.
^ Lambert, Andrew (2010). "Pepys's Navy Ships, Men & Warfare, 1649-1689". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 39 (1): 217–218. Bibcode:2010IJNAr..39..217L. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2009.00260_17.x. S2CID 163107436.
^ "Suriname Brief History".
^ Rommelse, Gijs (2006). The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) Raison D'état, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 183. ISBN 9065509070.

[1] Cruttwell, Clement (1808). The New Universal Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary.

[2] Lambert, Andrew (2010). "Pepys's Navy Ships, Men & Warfare, 1649-1689". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 39 (1): 217–218. Bibcode:2010IJNAr..39..217L. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2009.00260_17.x. S2CID 163107436.

[3] "Suriname Brief History".

[4] Rommelse, Gijs (2006). The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) Raison D'état, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 183. ISBN 9065509070.

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