São Vicente, São Paulo — Infobox City official name = Município da Estância Balneária de São Vicente imagesize = image caption = nickname = motto = image shield = Brasao de Sao Vicente(Sao Paulo).gif mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of São Vicente pushpin mapsize … Wikipedia
São Paulo — /sowonn pow loh/; Eng. /sow pow loh/ 1. a state in S Brazil. 30,942,600; 95,714 sq. mi. (247,898 sq. km). 2. a city in and the capital of this state. 7,032,547. * * * City (pop.,2002 est.: city, 9,969,100; metro. area, 18,390,800), southeastern… … Universalium
Captaincy — A captaincy is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Each was governed by a captain general.In the Portuguese EmpireIn the Portuguese Empire, captaincies ( capitanias , in Portuguese) were the … Wikipedia
List of capitals of Brazil — This is a list of the cities that are or have been considered national or state capitals of Brazil.National capitals* Salvador (1534 1763) ** Salvador (1572 1578/1581) capital city of the State of Maranhão ** Salvador (1621 1640) capital city of… … Wikipedia
Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… … Universalium
List of colonial heads of Mozambique — Prelude In 1498, Portuguese ships under Vasco da Gama visited Mozambique Island and several other towns on the East African coast. In 1500, Sancho de Tovar was the first Portuguese captain to sight (but not land) in Sofala. On a return voyage in… … Wikipedia
John III of Portugal — Infobox Portuguese Royalty|monarch name =John III title =King of Portugal and the Algarves of either side of the sea in Africa caption =Portrait of John III by Antonis Mor reign =December 13, 1521 mdash;June 11, 1557 investiture =December 19,… … Wikipedia
Military history of Brazil — Military of Brazil … Wikipedia
Captain-major — is the English rendering of the Portuguese title Capitão mor (sometimes Capitão Donatário ) for colonial officers, put in charge of a capitania, Portuguese possession (called captaincy , after his title) deemed not (yet) important enough to have… … Wikipedia
Colonial Brazil — Viceroyalty of Brazil Vice reino do Brasil Colony, Viceroyalty 1500–1815 … Wikipedia