to the generally successful Atlantic captaincies, of all the captaincies of Brazil, only two, the captaincies of Pernambuco and São Vicente (later called...

designated as captaincies-general, to which other captaincies were subordinated. In addition, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão...

established in the Kingdom of Brazil (then part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves), superseding the captaincies that were in place at...

earliest years of colonial Brazil, the Captaincy of Pernambuco was one of only two prosperous captaincies in Brazil (the other being Captaincy of São Vicente)...

the administration of the Portuguese Crown (and no longer called colonies or hereditary captaincies, but simply captaincies of Brazil), continued to exist...

the constituent royal captaincies, and nominal but ill-defined authority over the donatary captaincies. One captaincy, that of Duarte Coelho in Pernambuco...

of the State of Brazil was transferred from São Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies...

comparable to county offices in the United States. Captaincies of Brazil Captain-major Captain of the port Notes Susana Goulart Costa (2008), p.232 Sources...

stripes denote the Captaincy of São Vicente 1709 São Paulo at its greatest extent, in pale yellow Captaincies of Brazil Captaincy of São Paulo Portuguese...

The captaincies of the State of Brazil in 1709 The captaincies of the Viceroyalty of Brazil in 1750 The captaincies of the Viceroyalty of Brazil in 1817...

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decision of the Portuguese Empire, the captaincies of the Kingdom of Brazil became provinces; the Province of Rio de Janeiro was established, initially...

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hereditary captaincies and granted by John III, King of Portugal, to the so-called donatários. The Captaincy of Maranhão included the northeast of the current...

of the captaincies proved problematic, and in 1549 the Portuguese king restructured them into the Governorate General of Brazil in the city of Salvador...

Governorate General of Brazil. The captaincy colonies were reorganized as provincial districts to the Governorate. The captaincies continued to be ruled...

The Captaincy of Espírito Santo (Portuguese: Capitania do Espírito Santo) was one of the administrative units into which the territory of Brazil was divided...

captaincy occurred in parallel to the creation of the State of Maranhão, in the year 1621. Captaincies of Brazil "Capitania do Grão-Pará". Atlas Digital da...

The Captaincy of Paraíba was a Portuguese Empire overseas captaincy in Brazil created in 1574. However, it was only conquered more than a decade later...

created in 1534 along with thirteen other hereditary captaincies and granted by John III, King of Portugal, to the so-called donatários. Initially, it...

encourage the colonization of Brazil. A dozen hereditary captaincies were established along the coast and placed under the governorship of donatários or lord-proprietors...

colonial period of Portuguese America. It was created in 1534 along with thirteen other hereditary captaincies and granted by John III, King of Portugal, to...

The Captaincy of Itanhaém was one of the hereditary captaincies of colonial Brazil. The territory of the Captaincy of Itanhaém covered practically the...

after the Proclamation of the Republic, it became a state. Captaincies of Brazil History of Alagoas "O sistema de capitanias hereditárias". Portal MultiRio...

colonial period of Portuguese America. It was created in 1534 along with thirteen other hereditary captaincies and granted by John III, King of Portugal, to...

Minas de Ouro (see Captaincies of Brazil) was created on 3 November 1709, when the Portuguese crown purchased the Captaincies of São Paulo and Santo...

an island, but in fact part of a continent. In 1534, the colonies of Terra de Santa Cruz became the Captaincies of Brazil, land grants to Portuguese captains...

The Royal Captaincy of São Paulo (Portuguese: Capitania Real de São Paulo) was one of the captaincies of Colonial Brazil. It received this name on December...

The Captaincy of Cumã (Portuguese: Capitania de Cumã) was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Brazilian territory during the colonial period...

colony of France Antarctique in 1555. In response, the Portuguese Crown devised a system to effectively settle Brazil. Through the hereditary Captaincies system...