The Raid on Baraceira occurred in 1642 when a Dutch raiding party of five skirmishers led by Jan Tasman crossed the Pindaré River from their colony of Lauerstad on the south bank to attack the nascent Portuguese colony of Baraceira on the north bank. The rival colonies were founded in Brazil amid the Dutch-Portuguese War, and both empires invested significant resources in building up thriving towns. Before Baraceira could become powerful enough to send an expedition against the Dutch, however, a Dutch raiding party of five skirmishers crossed the river on a fishing boat and attacked Baraceira from the west. They were met with resistance from a Portuguese watchtower, from six Portuguese musketeers, and from the Portuguese explorer Edmundo Cabral himself, and all of the Dutch skirmishers were killed. The skirmish led to the Portuguese rushing to build a river port of their own, Porto Pindaré.