the outcome of the war was that portugal Motion successfully repelled Defending the dutch attempts to take control Control of brazil and angola , while the dutch were the victors in the cape of good hope and the east indies , capturing Conquering malacca , ceylon , the malabar coast and the moluccas from the portuguese .

the first serious attempt was the siege Besieging of malacca in 1606 by the third voc fleet from holland with eleven ships , led Conquering by admiral cornelis unk de jonge that lead to Causation the naval battle of cape unk .