• Captain general (redirect from Capitão-mor)
    Empire, a capitão-general (plural capitães-generais) was a governor of a capitania geral (captaincy general), with a higher rank than a capitão-mor (captain-major)...
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    headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major (Portuguese: Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the handover of Macau...
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    the title of knight of the Order of Christ, Captain of the village (Capitão-Mor), a salary of 12,000 réis per year and a piece of clothing that had belonged...
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    administration was nominal and limited and subsumed to the standing Capitão-Mor (Captain-General) of the Kurofune voyages supported by the Provincial...
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    road between Belém and São Luis. In 1620, when Custodio Valente, the Capitão-Mor in charge of Pará left for Portugal. Teixeira, his adjunct, became interim...
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    the 20th century). Residence of the Captain-Major (Portuguese: Casa do Capitão-Mor), located along the Rua da Natividade, the house of the Captain-major...
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    1505). His second son, Estêvão da Gama was simultaneously appointed Capitão-mor do Mar da Índia ('Captain-major of the Indian Sea', commander of the...
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  • second donatário of Pernambuco. He officially governed Pernambuco as capitão mor and procurador beginning on 5 March 1576, and directed the government...
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    a Portuguese man-of-war was simply called a capitão, while the commander of a fleet was termed capitão-mor, literally "captain-major". During the 16th...
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    by the Hornay and Costa families, who held the titles captain-major (capitão mor) or lieutenant general (tenente general) in turn. The Portuguese appointed...
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    case Martim Afonso de Sousa, had the right to appoint a lieutenant and Capitão-mor to govern in his place and receive the income from the fiefdom, that...
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  • manuscrito. Veja BROMBERG, Raquel Mizrahi. A Inquisição no Brasil: Um capitãomór judaisante. São Paulo: Ed. Centro Estudos Judaicos, USP, 1984. Sobre...
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  • 1997: p.61) See Vicente Sodré, o 1º Capitão-mor do Mar da Índia (1465? - 1503) See Vicente Sodré, o 1º Capitão-mor do Mar da Índia (1465? - 1503) The 1503...
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  • designates a more extensive capitão-mor, covering the royal galleys and infringing on the traditional jurisdiction of the almirante-mor, thus suggesting that...
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    Beira-Salisbury (Mashonaland) railway. The town was named after the Portuguese capitão-mor (governor/military captain) Francisco Barreto, who, in 1572, commanded...
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    Luiz (a knight of the Order of Christ), and Tristão de Oliveira, son of capitão-mor Antonio de Oliveira and Genebra Leitão de Vasconcelos, both of important...
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    ships and his 20-year-old son, Dom Lourenço, who was himself nominated capitão-mor do mar da Índia or captain-major of the sea of India. Portuguese intervention...
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    honor and position demanded. On 15 February 1500, Cabral was appointed Capitão-mor (literally Major-Captain, or commander-in-chief) of a fleet sailing for...
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    located in the Largo de São Pedro, and constructed in 1836. Casa do Capitão-Mor – located in the Rua da Natividade, the house of the Captain-major was...
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    lower titles, mainly governador (governor) or formerly captain-major (capitão-mor), prevailed In the Portuguese State of India (Estado da Índia, capital...
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  • son, Francisco de Anaia, who carried a royal commission appointing him capitão-mor do mar de Sofala (captain-major of the sea of Sofala). May 18, 1505 –...
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    November 1509 A new fleet arrives from Europe. Albuquerque takes charge as Capitão-Mor. 1510 Fernando Coutinho arrives at Kannur. He brings instruction from...
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    several companies. Each captaincy was under charge of a captain-major (capitão-mor), appointed by the respective municipal council or, in towns where an...
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    1979: República Dos Assassinos – Mateus 1979: O Caçador de Esmeraldas – Capitão-Mor 1980: A Idade da Terra – Military Christ 1981: Eu Te Amo – Ulisses 1981:...
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  • de Mendonça (at least on outbound journey). The admiral of the fleet (capitão-mor, captain-major) was Lopo Soares de Albergaria (sometimes called Lopo...
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    Penfui (today Kupang's El Tari International Airport is located there), Capitão-Mor Gaspar da Costa and many other Topasse leaders were killed. A total of...
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    localities Bairro Novo, Canada da Cruz Dourada, Canada da Igreja, Canada do Capitão Mor, Canada do Pombal, Canada dos Calços, Canada dos Folhadais, Canada Francesa...
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    traveller in the 19th century] asked one of his friends whether a certain Capitão-mor [...] was a mulatto or not, he received the following reply: 'He was...
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    (2013). de Mello, José Antônio Gonsalves. D. Antonio Filipe Camarão: capitão-mor dos Indios da costa do nordeste do Brasil. Vol. 4. Universidade do Recife...
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  • and Pero de Anaia opened the royal credentials assuming the title of Capitão-Mor (Captain-Major) of the fortress and garrison. Fort São Caetano was first...
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