# Salvador de Sá retakes Luanda (August 1648)

URL: https://allhistories.com/brazil/timeline/1648-salvador-de-sa-retakes-luanda
Location: Luanda, Angola
Themes: Science

An expedition fitted out in Rio de Janeiro under Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides sails to Angola and forces the Dutch to surrender Luanda, which they had held since 1641. The victory restores Portuguese control of the main source of enslaved Africans shipped to Brazil, and Salvador de Sá governs Angola for several years.

## Why it matters
The campaign showed how tightly Brazil's sugar economy was linked to Angola through the slave trade.

Ruler at the Time: [João IV](https://allhistories.com/brazil/rulers/joao-iv)

Governor-General of Brazil: António Teles de Meneses

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Salvador de Sá](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_de_S%C3%A1)
- [Wikipedia — Luanda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda)
- [Wikipedia — Sugar & Dutch Brazil (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Brazil)