Captaincy of Itamaracá

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The Captaincy of Itamaracá was a hereditary Portuguese colonial administrative division in northeastern Brazil, centered on the island of Itamaracá and surrounding mainland areas during the early colonial period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese colonial captaincy
former administrative division
administrativeCenter Itamaracá NERFINISHED
administrativeType donatary captaincy
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
capital Itamaracá Island NERFINISHED
centeredOn Island of Itamaracá NERFINISHED
colonialPower Portugal NERFINISHED
colonialSystem Portuguese captaincy system
continent South America
country Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
era Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Portuguese colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED
establishedBy Portuguese Crown NERFINISHED
function land grant for colonization
territorial administration
governmentType hereditary captaincy
historicalRegion Nordeste (Northeast Brazil) NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance part of early Portuguese occupation of northeastern Brazil
includesArea surrounding mainland areas of northeastern Brazil
language Portuguese
locatedIn Atlantic coast of Brazil
Colonial Brazil NERFINISHED
Northeastern Brazil NERFINISHED
namedAfter Itamaracá Island NERFINISHED
partOf State of Brazil (Portuguese colony) NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereign King of Portugal NERFINISHED
status defunct
successor later colonial administrative units of Brazil

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Captaincy of Pernambuco borderedBy Captaincy of Itamaracá