Expedition to the Unare

Expedition to the Unare
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Plan and perspective of the Dutch fort at the Unare, by Juan Bautista Antonelli.
Date August, 1633 Location Mouth of the Unare River, Captaincy General of Venezuela Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	West India Company
Commanders and leaders
Benito Arias Montano	Unknown
Strength
95 Spanish soldiers 200 Cumanagoto auxiliaries 14 pirogues[1]	200 zoutvaerders 10 cannons[2]
Casualties and losses
3 dead and 4 wounded[3]	80–100 dead and 36 captured[1][2]

The Expedition to the Unare was a Spanish campaign in 1633 against the salt flats recently established by the Dutch West India Company on the mouth of the Unare River, in Venezuela. The battle ended with the Dutch being either killed or expelled from the land.