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
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
Brás Cubas — (Porto, December 1507 mdash; Porto, 1592) was a Portuguese nobleman and explorer and the founder of the village of Santos (a city today). The son of João Pires Cubas and Isabel Nunes, he was twice governor of the Captaincy of São Vicente (1545… … Wikipedia
Colonial Brazil — Viceroyalty of Brazil Vice reino do Brasil Colony, Viceroyalty 1500–1815 … Wikipedia
Manuel da Nóbrega — Father Manoel da Nóbrega on a Portuguese stamp Manuel da Nóbrega (old spelling Manoel da Nóbrega) (1517–1570) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and first Provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was… … Wikipedia
Amador Bueno — was born around 1572 in the city of São Paulo, Captaincy of São Vicente which is now the State of São Paulo. Amador held several public office posts through royal appointment and elections. During this time, under Spanish domination of Portugal… … Wikipedia
Donatorio — A Donatorio, a Portuguese word roughly meaning endowed sometimes anglicized as Donatary , was a private person (often a nobleman) who was bestowed by the Crown with a considerable piece of land, called a donátaria , which was handed over at his… … Wikipedia