I can see a Dutch Brazil flourish as part of a VOC run string of way stations to the ultimate prize in global colonialism: the very lucrative Spice Islands (Moluccas islands) and the internal Asian trade.
Difference would be that the Dutch have Brasil run by the businesslike VOC instead of the more piratical WIC.
This route would run:
1. Dutch United Provinces - to the other side of the South Atlantic to
2. Brazil - here ships could re-stock on fresh wares and water and take on board produce like hardwood, sugar, rum and later gold; both for the outbound journey as well as for the return journey
3. Cape Town -
4. Western Australia - (additional idea as iirc many VOC ships got lost on this coast. The small investment of establishing a settlement/way station cum light house here could make a lot of difference and save ships cargo and costs.
5. East Indies
A VOC-run Dutch Brazil would likely have held out till late eighteenth century, IMO much like Dutch South Africa.
Difference would be that the Dutch have Brasil run by the businesslike VOC instead of the more piratical WIC.
This route would run:
1. Dutch United Provinces - to the other side of the South Atlantic to
2. Brazil - here ships could re-stock on fresh wares and water and take on board produce like hardwood, sugar, rum and later gold; both for the outbound journey as well as for the return journey
3. Cape Town -
4. Western Australia - (additional idea as iirc many VOC ships got lost on this coast. The small investment of establishing a settlement/way station cum light house here could make a lot of difference and save ships cargo and costs.
5. East Indies
A VOC-run Dutch Brazil would likely have held out till late eighteenth century, IMO much like Dutch South Africa.