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donatary captaincy

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  1. A hereditary land grant in colonial Brazil, held by a donatary captain.

    • The main feature was the hereditary seigneury or donatary captaincy, under which lordship over extensive territories on the Brazilian coast was granted out between 1533 and 1535.
    • Pernambuco proved to be the most successful of the donatary captaincies established in Brazil, largely owing to the donatary Duarte Coelho.
    • Donatary captaincies were the political, territorial, and administrative units of colonial Brazil.

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