captaincy of Brazil

C19417
concept

The captaincy of Brazil was a hereditary Portuguese colonial administrative division established in the 16th century to govern and develop portions of the territory that would become modern Brazil.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Portuguese colonial captaincy 1
hereditary captaincy 1

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Captaincy of Ceará
Captaincy of Pernambuco hereditary captaincy
Captaincy of Bahia
Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei (historical)
surface form: Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei
Captaincy of Piauí
Captaincy of Itamaracá Portuguese colonial captaincy
Captaincy of Paraíba