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The Captaincy of Pernambuco thrived due to sugarcane plantations. The Captaincy of São Vicente, called São Paulo after the city of São Paulo became its capital in 1681, obtained success through the exploration of the hinterland known as bandeiras. In 1621, these became the basis for the southeastern State of Brazil.
The captaincy of Ceará only achieved autonomy at the end of the 18th century, by royal charter of January 17, 1799. [9] [13] [14] On the eve of Brazil's independence, on February 28, 1821, the captaincy became a province and remained so until 1889, when it became the current state of Ceará with the Proclamation of the Republic. [9] [14]
The Captaincy of Pernambuco or New Lusitania (Portuguese: Nova Lusitânia) [1] was a hereditary land grant and administrative subdivision of northern Portuguese Brazil during the colonial period from 1534 to 1821, with a brief interruption from 1630 to 1654 when it was part of Dutch Brazil.
These two tracts, separated by the Captaincy of Santo Amaro, formed the Captaincy of São Vicente. In 1681 the São Paulo settlement succeeded São Vicente as the capital of the captaincy, and the name of the latter gradually fell into disuse. São Vicente became the only captaincy to flourish in southern Brazil.
The Captaincy of Maranhão (Portuguese: Capitania do Maranhão) was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Brazilian territory during the colonial period in Portuguese America. It was created in 1534 along with thirteen other hereditary captaincies and granted by John III , King of Portugal, to the so-called donatários .
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 2, 1720, when John V of Portugal created the Captaincy of Minas Gerais from the division of the Captaincy of São Paulo and Minas de Ouro, which had been created in 1709 with the purchase by the Portuguese crown of the Captaincy of São ...
In Brazil, each captaincy consisted of a portion of land originally 50 leagues wide (but in practice varying considerably) along the Brazilian coast and extending inland to the line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), which divided Portuguese and Spanish colonial possessions. [4]
Pages in category "Captaincies of Brazil" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Captaincy of São José do Rio Negro;