Portuguese America

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former colonial territory historical region

Portuguese America was the collective term for Portugal’s colonial possessions in the Americas, primarily encompassing the territory that later became Brazil.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese Brazil	5
Colonial Brazil	4
Portuguese colonization of Brazil	2
Brazil (colonial)	1
Captaincy of Pernambuco	1
History of colonial Brazil	1
Portuguese colonization of the Americas	1
State of Brazil (colony)	1
Viceroyalty of Brazil (Portuguese colony)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colonial territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterMovedFrom	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ surface form: Salvador
administrativeCenterMovedTo	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
administrativeCenterMoveYear	1763 ⓘ
borderedBy	Spanish America ⓘ
capital	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ surface form: Salvador
colonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
colonizationBegan	1500 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
currency	Portuguese real ⓘ
decolonizationDate	1822 ⓘ
decolonizationOutcome	Empire of Brazil ⓘ
decolonizationProcess	Brazilian independence ⓘ
firstLandfallBy	Pedro Álvares Cabral ⓘ
firstLandfallYear	1500 ⓘ
governedAs	viceroyalty ⓘ
governedBy	Governor-General of Brazil ⓘ
includedTerritory	Cisplatina Province ⓘ surface form: Cisplatina Brazil ⓘ surface form: State of Brazil Pará ⓘ surface form: State of Grão-Pará State of Maranhão ⓘ
legalFramework	Portuguese colonial law ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Americas ⓘ South America ⓘ
mainExport	coffee ⓘ cotton ⓘ dyes ⓘ gold ⓘ sugar ⓘ tobacco ⓘ
mainLaborSystem	slavery ⓘ
mainMetropolitanSee	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia ⓘ
majorCity	Belém do Pará ⓘ surface form: Belém Recife ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ surface form: Salvador São Luís ⓘ São Paulo ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
partOf	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
primarySuccessorState	Brazil ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousOrderActive	Benedictines ⓘ Franciscan Order ⓘ surface form: Franciscans Society of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Jesuits
usedEnslavedPopulationFrom	Africa ⓘ indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manuel da Nóbrega → associatedWith → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese colonization of Brazil

Banda Oriental → borderedBy → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Brazil

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata → borderedBy → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viceroyalty of Brazil (Portuguese colony)

Tomé de Sousa → countryOfActivity → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Brazil

José de Anchieta → countryOfDeath → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Brazil

Manuel da Nóbrega → countryOfDeath → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Brazil

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → definedBoundaryBetween → Portuguese America ⓘ

Colonial Baroque → developedIn → Portuguese America ⓘ

Olinda → formerCapitalOf → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy of Pernambuco

Tomé de Sousa → governmentalJurisdiction → Portuguese America ⓘ

European colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese colonization of the Americas

Iberian Union → includesTerritory → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Brazil

Portuguese Inquisition → jurisdiction → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brazil (colonial)

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → location → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Brazil

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Brazil

New Holland → predecessor → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Brazil

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves → predecessor → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Brazil (colony)

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → relatedTo → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: History of colonial Brazil

Tomé de Sousa → roleIn → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese colonization of Brazil

New Holland → successor → Portuguese America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Brazil