ABSTRACT
The incorporation of the Guiana Company, in the eyes of its members, brought any existing or future Irish settlements on the Amazon under its jurisdiction. The presence of Daniel Gookin among the original patentees and the entry of Edward Blennerhas-set into the company by 1629 supports other evidence that the company planned to carry out more Irish emigrants to the Amazon. If the Irish at Tauregue in 1625 had erred in their assumption that their religion would entitle them to different treatment by the Portuguese, it did help to shorten the captivity of some of their number. The response of the Irish leaders to the new peril reflects both their shrewd assessment of the new strategic reality on the river, as well as their determination to maintain a foothold there. The renewed Portuguese attack coincided with the arrival in early October of both Dutch supply ship and vessels carrying English colonists sent out under the licence of the Guiana Company.
