Governador da Capitania de Sao Paulo
English translation: Governor of the Captaincy
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Governor of the São Paulo Captainship Explanation: capitanias hereditárias - Heritage Captainships - Name given to the 15 tracts of land that Brazil was divided into by King João III 1534 and 1536. They were given to 12 noblemen who the King trusted and who promised to colonize Brazil with their own funds in exchange for the title of capitão-mor. One of the rights of the capitão mor was the hereditary rights to the land. Most failed due to the lack of funds for the huge task. |
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Governor of the Captaincy Explanation: Governor of the Captaincy of SP according to Thomas Skidmore in his "Brazil - Five Centuries of Change" + Boris Fausto (A concise History of Brazil) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2006-01-10 19:07:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- + Marshall Eakin (Brazil- The once and future country) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 6 mins (2006-01-10 19:55:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- alguns exemplos: São Vicente (Captaincy of Martin Afonso de Sousa, from 1532). In 1681 it, along with São Tomé, became part of São Paulo. Pernambuco (Captaincy of Duarte Coelho, from 1693). In 1799 it was divided into the provinces of Pernambuco, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, and Paraíba. In 1817 it was divided again into Alagoas and Pernambuco. Santo Amaro (Captaincy of Pero Lopes de Sousa, from 1523). It became part of São Paulo in 1681. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/guide/Brazil16.asp decade later it became capital of Minas Gerais captaincy, which even today is one of the principal mineral extracting regi http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/ouropreto.html The general failure of the captaincy system spurred the Portuguese Crown (in the person of Dom João III) into setting up a governorship of Brazil to be led by Thomé de Souza (often spelled "Tomé" nowadays). http://www.bahia-online.net/history-bahia.htm In 1549, the king bought back Bahía captaincy and made it a governo geral (general-governorship) http://www.statoids.com/ubr.html |
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