Capture of Santa Catarina
Fire the "Capture of Santa Catarina" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_por.6.
Capture of Santa Catarina
Country eventTriggered only
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_por.6.
What happens
The Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina was captured in February 1603 off the coast of Singapore by three ships of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.). The cargo, worth 2.2 million guilders, doubled the capital of the V.O.C., but legality of keeping the prize was questionable under Dutch statute and led to protests from Portugal. The incident was a contributing reason for the Dutch-Portuguese War that lasted between 1602 and 1663.
Player choices
When this event fires, Capture of Santa Catarina presents these options:
- The cargo is rightfully ours!
- Return the cargo