Vidal de Negreiros died in Engenho Novo da Vila of Goiana, Pernambuco, in 1680, at the age of 74. In spite of its value as heroic leader of the Pernambucan Insurrection, it is worth remembering that the dispute for the Brazilian territory was inserted in the context of the Dutch-Portuguese War, that, in turn, was part of the picture of the Portuguese Restoration War. Therefore, the expulsion of the Dutch from Pernambuco in 1654 did not mean the closing of the question, which in fact would only be resolved after 1661 by diplomatic means by the signing of the Treaty of The Hague. Under the agreement, New Holland was "sold" to Portugal for four million reis (or eight million guilders), equivalent to about 4.5 tons of gold and the Peace, Alliance and Trade Treaty, signed in July 1669.