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Following the model established on Madeira, the archipelago was divided into various captaincies in order to encourage settlement and development of the islands. [2] The creation and development of the captaincy was neither consistent nor uniform throughout the islands of the Azores, but reflected the dedication of each donatary-captain in the endeavour. [2]
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [duˈaɾtɨ pɐˈʃeku pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; c. 1460 – 1533), [1] called the Portuguese Achilles (Aquiles Lusitano) by the poet Camões, [2] [3] was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer.
Yet, the title bestowed on Gonçalo Velho is not very clear, as it has been both referred to as the comendador da ilha de Santa Maria e nosso capitão nos Açores (Commander of the island of Santa Maria and Our captain of the Azores), or alternately as the comendador das ilhas dos Açores (Commander of the Azores).
A captaincy (Spanish: capitanía [kapitaˈni.a], Portuguese: capitania [kɐpitɐˈni.ɐ], Croatian: kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule administrations of medieval feudal governments in ...
Arguin (Arabic: أرغين : Arghīn; Portuguese: Arguim) is an island off the western coast of Mauritania in the Bay of Arguin. It is approximately 6 km × 2 km (3.7 mi × 1.2 mi) in size, with extensive and dangerous reefs around it. [1] The island is now part of the Banc d'Arguin National Park. [2]
In 1481, Diogo was appointed by John II as captain of a fleet consisting of nine caravels and two ships with 600 soldiers and 100 masons and carpenters. They were sent, along with the necessary stone and other materials, to construct a fortress called São Jorge da Mina at the Gulf of Guinea in the Portuguese Gold Coast colony.
(*) – In 1508, King Manuel I of Portugal devised a plan to partition the Portuguese empire in Asia into three separate governments or "high captaincies" – (1) Captain-Major of the seas of Ethiopia, Arabia and Persia, centered at Socotra, was to cover the East African and Arabian-Persian coasts, from Sofala to Diu; (2) Captain-Major of the seas of India, centered at Cochin, was to cover the ...
The Captaincies of Brazil (Portuguese: Capitanias do Brasil) were captaincies of the Portuguese Empire, [Note 1] administrative divisions and hereditary fiefs of Portugal in the colony of Terra de Santa Cruz, [Note 2] later called Brazil, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern South America.