Note 1555 — ACTO TERCERO
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el Brasil: Brazil was a Portuguese possession until 1822. In 1630-1644 the Dutch occupied the northern provinces almost down to the capital, Bahia.—el Rosellón: Roussillon, north of the eastern end of the Pyrenees, was formerly a dependency of the crown of Aragon. Louis XIII began its conquest in 1639 and concluded it in 1642.