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Flag map of the Empire of Brazil: Date: 26 January 2012, 02:37 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg: Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg: Author: File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg; File:Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II .
The provinces of Brazil were the primary subdivisions of the country during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889). [1]On February 28, 1821, the provinces were 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 the time.
Empire of Brazil at its maximum extent (1822-1828), including Cisplatina Province (orthographic projection) Portuguese Império do Brasil (em verde) durante sua extensão máxima (1822–1828), incluindo a Província Cisplatina, atual Uruguai.
The land now known as Brazil was claimed by the Portuguese for the first time on 23 April 1500 when the Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. Permanent settlement by the Portuguese followed in 1534, and for the next 300 years they slowly expanded into the territory to the west until they had established nearly all of the frontiers which constitute modern Brazil's borders.
The name comes from the Latin prefix "cis" meaning "on this side of" and "platina", a reference to the Río de la Plata.Thus, the name Cisplatina means "province on the same side of the Río de la Plata", alluding to the fact that, from the Brazilian perspective, the region is located on the same side of the river as Brazil, cf. Cisalpine.
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Map of the towns of the Captaincy of Ceará made by the Captain-Major of Ceará João Batista de Azevedo Coutinho de Montauri in 1783. The first Portuguese expedition in the region was conducted in 1603 during the Philippine Dynasty , when Captain-Major Pero Coelho de Sousa traveled along the coast of Ceará leading eighty-six soldiers and two ...